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Intron 12 in NTRK3 is associated with bipolar disorder.
Psychiatry research - 28 Feb 2011
Athanasiu Lavinia, Mattingsdal Morten, Melle Ingrid, Inderhaug Elin, Lien Trude, Agartz Ingrid, Lorentzen Steinar, Morken Gunnar, Andreassen Ole A, Djurovic Srdjan
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Based on the important role of neurotrophic factors in brain development and plasticity and reports of association between schizophrenia and the gene neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor 3 (NTRK3), we investigated associations of bipolar disorder with polymorphisms in NTRK3. Recently, our group reported evidence for a possible association of NTRK3 polymorphisms with hippocampal function and schizophrenia. In the...
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