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Sensorimotor gating of schizophrenia patients is influenced by 5-HT2A receptor polymorphisms.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Sept 2008
Quednow Boris B, Kühn Kai-Uwe, Mössner Rainald, Schwab Sibylle G, Schuhmacher Anna, Maier Wolfgang, Wagner Michael
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BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia patients exhibit impairment in prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle response (ASR), suggesting a sensorimotor gating deficit. The serotonin-2A receptor (5-HT(2A)R) has been implicated in both the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and the PPI deficits of schizoph...
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