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COMT and BDNF interacted in bipolar II disorder not comorbid with anxiety disorder.
Behavioural brain research - 15 Jan 2013
Lee Sheng-Yu, Chen Shiou-Lan, Wang Yu-Shan, Chang Yun-Hsuan, Huang San-Yuan, Tzeng Nian-Sheng, Lee I Hui, Yeh Tzung Lieh, Yang Yen Kuang, Lu Ru-Band
Abstract excerpt
Bipolar disorder (BP), especially bipolar II disorder (BP-II), is highly comorbid with anxiety disorder (AD). Monoaminergic dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of BP, it may be important to investigate genes such as the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), involved in monoamine metabolism and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genes, modulating the monoamine system. We therefore examined the...
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