Article
Investigating the associations between polymorphisms in the NTRK2 and NGFR genes and completed suicide in the Slovenian sample.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Dec 2015
Ropret Sandra, Zupanc Tomaž, Komel Radovan, Videtič Paska Alja
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The most abundant neurotrophin in the mammalian brain is brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which acts through binding to neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor type 2 (NTRK2) and to nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR). Our previous work showed an association of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs6265 in the BDNF gene with completed suicide in the Slavic population. Therefore, we extended...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
