Article
Epistasis between COMT Val158Met and DRD3 Ser9Gly polymorphisms and cognitive function in schizophrenia: genetic influence on dopamine transmission.
Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) - 1 Jan 2000
Loch Alexandre A, van de Bilt Martinus T, Bio Danielle S, Prado Carolina M do, de Sousa Rafael T, Valiengo Leandro L, Moreno Ricardo A, Zanetti Marcus V, Gattaz Wagner F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between cognitive function, a proposed schizophrenia endophenotype, and two genetic polymorphisms related to dopamine function, catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) Val158Met and dopamine receptor 3 (DRD3) Ser9Gly. METHODS: Fifty-eight outpatients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and 88 healthy controls underwent neurocognitive testing and genotyping. Analyses of...
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