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Functional SLC6A3 polymorphisms differentially affect autism spectrum disorder severity: a study on Indian subjects.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Feb 2022
Saha Sharmistha, Chatterjee Mahasweta, Shom Sayanti, Sinha Swagata, Mukhopadhyay Kanchan
Abstract excerpt
Imbalance in dopamine (DA) signaling is proposed to play a potential role in the etiology of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) since, as a neuromodulator, DA regulates executive function, motor activity, social peering, attention as well as perception and subjects with ASD often exhibit deficit in these traits. Level of DA in the synaptic cleft is maintained by dopamine transporter (DAT) and hence, to identify the...
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