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Impact of NEGR1 genetic variability on psychological traits of patients with eating disorders.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Jun 2015
Gamero-Villarroel C, González L María, Gordillo I, Carrillo J Antonio, García-Herráiz A, Flores I, Rodríguez-López R, Gervasini G
Abstract excerpt
Genetics variants in the NEGR1 gene, strongly expressed in the brain, have been reported to affect the neuronal control of food intake therefore inducing obesity. With the same rationale, we hypothesized that this genetic variability may be associated with psychological traits commonly displayed by eating disorder (ED) patients and/or with the risk for the disorder. We analyzed 21 tag-single-nucleotide...
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