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The Impact of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in SIGMAR1 on Depressive Symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder.
Advances in therapy - 1 Mar 2017
Mandelli Laura, Wang Sheng-Min, Han Changsu, Lee Soo-Jung, Patkar Ashwin A, Masand Prakash S, Pae Chi-Un, Serretti Alessandro
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INTRODUCTION: Ample evidence suggested a role of sigma-1 receptor in affective disorders since the interaction of numerous antidepressants with sigma receptors was discovered. A recent study on Japanese subjects found a genetic variant within the encoding gene SIGMAR1 (rs1800866A>C) associated with major depressive disorder (MDD). We aimed to evaluate the same polymorphism in both MDD and bipolar disorder (BD) as...
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