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Sympathetic activity relates to adenosine A(2A) receptor gene variation in blood-injury phobia.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Jun 2009
Hohoff C, Domschke K, Schwarte K, Spellmeyer G, Vögele C, Hetzel G, Deckert J, Gerlach A L
Abstract excerpt
Variation in the candidate genes adenosine A(2A) receptor (A(2A)R), catechol-O-methyl-transferase (COMT), and norepinephrine transporter (NET) has been suggested to influence vulnerability to panic disorder. We therefore investigated patients with another anxiety disorder with an even higher heritability, the blood-injury phobia, for association of these variants and used sympathetic measures during venipuncture,...
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