Article
Supportive evidence for the association between the T102C 5-HTR2A gene polymorphism and schizophrenia: a large-scale case-control and family-based study.
European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists - 1 Apr 2007
Golimbet V E, Lavrushina O M, Kaleda V G, Abramova L I, Lezheiko T V
Abstract excerpt
Serotonin type 2A receptors (5-HTR2A) have long been implicated in schizophrenia pathology. A decreased number of these receptors were found in postmortem brain studies of schizophrenic patients as well as in experiments using neuroimaging techniques. Molecular genetic studies revealed that the T102C polymorphism of the 5-HTR2A gene is associated with schizophrenia, with the CC genotype frequency being higher in...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Personality Inventory
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Psychotic Disorders
