Article
Association study of GABAA α2 receptor subunit gene variants in antipsychotic-associated weight gain.
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology - 1 Feb 2015
Zai Clement C H, Tiwari Arun K, Chowdhury Nabilah I, Brandl Eva J, Shaikh Sajid A, Freeman Natalie, Lieberman Jeffrey A, Meltzer Herbert Y, Müller Daniel J, Kennedy James L
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia treatment has been hampered by undesirable adverse effects, including weight gain and associated complications. Recent candidate gene studies have been exploring the appetite regulation pathways in antipsychotic-associated weight gain (AAWG) with some promising leads. Genome-wide association studies of obesity have pointed to a number of potential candidate genes, such as MC4R, that were later found...
Topics
- Adult
- Antipsychotic Agents
- Double-Blind Method
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Male
- Prospective Studies
- Protein Subunits
