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Association study of polymorphisms in cholecystokinin gene and its receptors with antipsychotic induced weight gain in schizophrenia patients.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 1 Dec 2010
Tiwari Arun K, Rodgers Jarlath B, Sicard Michelle, Zai Clement C, Likhodi Olga, Freeman Natalie, Meltzer Herbert Y, Lieberman Jeffrey A, Kennedy James L, Müller Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
Cholecystokinin (CCK) gene and its receptors play an important role in several biological processes including satiety signaling. Administration of exogenous or endogenously secreted CCK leads to decreased food intake in both rats and humans. Similarly, in rats pretreated with intraperitoneal CCK,...
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