A search for association between schizophrenia and dopamine-related alleles.

doi:10.1007/BF02189022

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A search for association between schizophrenia and dopamine-related alleles.

European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1996

Jönsson E, Brené S, Geijer T, Terenius L, Tylec A, Persson M L, Sedvall G

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Dopamine receptor dysfunction and altered tyrosine hydroxylase activity have both been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Schizophrenic patients and control subjects were examined for allele frequencies in the tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine D2 and D4 receptor genes. No signifi...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Alleles
Brain
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Receptors, Dopamine D2
Schizophrenia
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

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