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Genetic polymorphisms of DAT1 and COMT differentially associate with actigraphy-derived sleep-wake cycles in young adults.
Chronobiology international - 1 Jun 2014
Valomon Amandine, Holst Sebastian C, Bachmann Valérie, Viola Antoine U, Schmidt Christina, Zürcher Jurian, Berger Wolfgang, Cajochen Christian, Landolt Hans-Peter
Abstract excerpt
Accumulating evidence suggests that dopamine plays a key role in sleep-wake regulation. Cerebral dopamine levels are regulated primarily by the dopamine transporter (DAT) in the striatum and by catechol-O-methyl-transferase (COMT) in the prefrontal cortex. We hypothesized that the variable-number-tandem-repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in the 3'-untranslated region of the gene encoding DAT (DAT1, SLC6A3; rs28363170)...
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