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COMT polymorphisms as predictors of cognitive dysfunction during manic and mixed episodes in bipolar I disorder.
Bipolar disorders - 1 Aug 2012
Soeiro-de-Souza Márcio Gerhardt, Machado-Vieira Rodrigo, Soares Bio Danielle, Do Prado Carolina Martins, Moreno Ricardo Alberto
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OBJECTIVE: The dopaminergic system plays an important role in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and is believed to mediate cognitive dysfunction (CD) in bipolar disorder (BD). The enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is involved in the catabolism of dopamine in the PFC, and an association between COMT single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and BD has been reported. COMT SNPs have also been associated with...
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