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A coding variant of the novel serotonin receptor subunit 5-HT3E influences sustained attention in schizophrenia patients.
European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Jun 2010
Lennertz Leonhard, Wagner Michael, Frommann Ingo, Schulze-Rauschenbach Svenja, Schuhmacher Anna, Kühn Kai-Uwe, Pukrop Ralf, Klosterkötter Joachim, Wölwer Wolfgang, Gaebel Wolfgang, Rietschel Marcella, Häfner Heinz, Maier Wolfgang, Mössner Rainald
Abstract excerpt
Sustained attention as measured by the Continuous Performance Test (CPT) has proved a valuable endophenotype for schizophrenia. Recently pharmacological studies suggested a role of the serotonin (5-HT) 3 receptor in schizophrenia. The 5-HT3 receptors are the only ligand-gated ion channels within the 5-HT receptor family. Applying an endophenotype approach, we investigated a potential impact of the genes of the...
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