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A genetic variant of HTR2C may play a role in the manifestation of Tourette syndrome.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Feb 2010
Dehning Sandra, Müller Norbert, Matz Judith, Bender Andreas, Kerle Irina, Benninghoff Jens, Musil Richard, Spellmann Ilja, Bondy Brigitta, Möller Hans-Juergen, Riedel Michael, Zill Peter
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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) (MIM 137580) is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder probably originating from a disturbed interplay of several neurotransmitter systems in the prefrontal-limbic-basal ganglia loop. Polygenetic multifactorial inheritance has been postulated; nevertheless, no confirmed susceptible genes have been identified yet. As neuroimaging studies allude to dopaminergic and serotonergic...
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