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Association of orexin receptor polymorphisms with antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - 1 Apr 2016
Tiwari Arun K, Brandl Eva J, Zai Clement C, Goncalves Vanessa F, Chowdhury Nabilah I, Freeman Natalie, Lieberman Jeffrey A, Meltzer Herbert Y, Kennedy James L, Müller Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG) is a common side effect of treatment with antipsychotics such as clozapine and olanzapine. The orexin gene and its receptors are expressed in the hypothalamus and have been associated with maintenance of energy homeostasis. In this study, we have analysed tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in orexin receptors 1 and 2 (HCRTR1 and HCRTR2) for...
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