Article
Association between clozapine response and allelic variation in the 5-HT2C receptor gene.
Neuroreport - 29 Dec 1995
Sodhi M S, Arranz M J, Curtis D, Ball D M, Sham P, Roberts G W, Price J, Collier D A, Kerwin R W
Abstract excerpt
A cysteine to serine substitution at amino acid 23 in the 5-HT2C receptor gene alters the pharmacological properties of the protein. We investigated this polymorphism in subjects with schizophrenia resistant to conventional neuroleptic drugs, and analysed our data for allelic association between...
Topics
- Alleles
- Antipsychotic Agents
- Base Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- Clozapine
- Double-Blind Method
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Prognosis
