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[Investigation of association of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and a serotonin receptor 2A (5-HTR2A) genes with voluntary and involuntary attention in schizophrenia].
Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova - 1 Jan 2008
Alfimova M V, Lezheĭko T V, Golimbet V E, Korovaĭtseva G I, Lavrushkina O M, Kolesina N Iu, Frolova L P, Muratova A A, Abramova L I, Kaleda V G
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the effect of Val66Met BDNF and 5-HTR2A T102C polymorphisms on the characteristics of voluntary and involuntary visual attention, 89 patients with schizophrenia, 91 their well relatives and 163 controls have been studied. Attention was assessed using a modified version of the Munsterberg test. The significant interaction effect of the BDNF, 5-HTR2A and diagnosis on attention characteristics was...
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