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Association study of functional polymorphisms of dopaminergic pathway in epilepsy-related factors of temporal lobe epilepsy in Brazilian population.
European journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2018
Alcantara J A, Vincentis S, Kerr D S, Dos Santos B, Alessi R, van der Linden H, Chaim T, Serpa M H, Busatto G F, Gattaz W F, Demarque R, Valente K D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There are few data about the role of neurotransmission modulated by dopamine in epilepsy, especially temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). This is the first study that aimed to analyze the dopaminergic polymorphisms in an etiologically homogeneous group of patients with TLE with hippocampal sclerosis. Selected polymorphisms were: (i) the most expressed D2-like receptors in the limbic system...
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