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Association of a functional polymorphism in neuropeptide Y with antipsychotic-induced weight gain in schizophrenia patients.
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology - 1 Feb 2013
Tiwari Arun K, Brandl Eva J, Weber Caroline, Likhodi Olga, Zai Clement C, Hahn Margaret K, Lieberman Jeffrey A, Meltzer Herbert Y, Kennedy James L, Müller Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
Significant body weight gain (BWG) is a serious adverse effect of a number of antipsychotic drugs. Previous studies have demonstrated an influence of clozapine, but not haloperidol, on neuropeptide Y (NPY) expression in the hypothalamus. Because NPY is a potent orexigenic peptide stimulating food intake, and genetic variation of the gene has been shown to influence development of obesity, we investigated the...
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