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Novel mutations of the extraneuronal monoamine transporter gene in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Feb 2008
Lazar Andreas, Walitza Susanne, Jetter Alexander, Gerlach Manfred, Warnke Andreas, Herpertz-Dahlmann Beate, Gründemann Dirk, Grimberg Gundula, Schulz Eberhard, Remschmidt Helmut, Wewetzer Christoph, Schömig Edgar
Abstract excerpt
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disease of complex aetiology with a marked genetic component. Impact of the serotonergic system has been reported but the contribution of additional transmitter systems to the pathogenesis seems likely. The extraneuronal monoamine transporter, EMT (SLC22A3), is implicated in non-neuronal termination of noradrenergic signalling in the central nervous system and a candidate...
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