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Genetic markers of predisposition to increased anxiety.
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine - 1 Dec 2008
Kulikova M A, Trushkin E V, Timofeeva M A, Shlepzova V A, Schegolkova J V, Maluchenko N V, Tonevitsky A G
Abstract excerpt
Associations of functional polymorphism in genes of dopamine receptor DRD2, dopamine transporter DAT, and dopamine degrading enzyme COMT with variations in anxiety sensitivity threshold were studied. On the basis of genetic and psychological analysis, an attempt was undertaken to evaluate the relationship of DRD2, DAT and COMT genotypes with values obtained using different anxiety scales. It was found that...
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