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Renin-angiotensin-system gene polymorphisms and depression.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 30 Jun 2007
Saab Yolande B, Gard Paul R, Yeoman Mark S, Mfarrej Bechara, El-Moalem Habib, Ingram Matthew J
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Given the abundance of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) components in the brain, their importance in behavior and cognition, and the data that implicates them in the etiology and treatment of depression, it is possible that those RAS gene polymorphisms associated with increased RAS activity may also be associated with depression. The frequencies of common polymorphisms of genes encoding for components of the...
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