Exclusion of close linkage of bipolar disorder to the Gs-alpha subunit gene in nine Australian pedigrees.

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Growing evidence suggests that guanine nucleotide binding proteins (G proteins) may be involved in both the pathogenesis and treatment of bipolar affective disorder. Both overactive G proteins and increased levels of the alpha subunit of the stimulatory form (Gs-alpha) have been demonstrated in peripheral leucocytes of manic patients while an increase of Gs-alpha subunit levels has also been found in a postmortem...

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