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Association of mu-opioid receptor variants and response to citalopram treatment in major depressive disorder.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 May 2010
Garriock Holly A, Tanowitz Michael, Kraft Jeffrey B, Dang Vu C, Peters Eric J, Jenkins Greg D, Reinalda Megan S, McGrath Patrick J, von Zastrow Mark, Slager Susan L, Hamilton Steven P
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OBJECTIVE: Because previous preclinical and clinical studies have implicated the endogenous opioid system in major depression and in the neurochemical action of antidepressants, the authors examined how DNA variation in the mu-opioid receptor gene may influence population variation in response to citalopram treatment. METHOD: A total of 1,953 individuals from the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve...
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