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Lower frequency of the low activity adenosine deaminase allelic variant (ADA1*2) in schizophrenic patients.
Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) - 1 Sept 2010
Dutra Gustavo Pimentel, Ottoni Gustavo L, Lara Diogo R, Bogo Maurício Reis
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OBJECTIVE: Adenosine may play a role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, since it modulates the release of several neurotransmitters such as glutamate, dopamine, serotonin and acetylcholine, decreases neuronal activity by pos-synaptic hyperpolarization and inhibits dopaminergic activity. Adenosine deaminase participates in purine metabolism by converting adenosine into inosine. The most frequent functional...
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