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Association study of tardive dyskinesia and twelve DRD2 polymorphisms in schizophrenia patients.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Oct 2007
Zai Clement C, Hwang Rudi W, De Luca Vincenzo, Müller Daniel J, King Nicole, Zai Gwyneth C, Remington Gary, Meltzer Herbert Y, Lieberman Jeffrey A, Potkin Steven G, Kennedy James L
Abstract excerpt
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a side-effect of chronic antipsychotic medication. Abnormalities in dopaminergic activity in the nigrostriatal system have been most often suggested to be involved because the agents which cause TD share in common potent antagonism of dopamine D2 receptors (DRD2), that notably is not balanced by effects such as more potent serotonin (5-HT)2A antagonism. Thus, a number of studies have...
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