Article
Lithium-responsive affective disorders: no association with the tyrosine hydroxylase gene.
Psychiatry research - 27 Sept 1996
Cavazzoni P, Alda M, Turecki G, Rouleau G, Grof E, Martin R, Duffy A, Grof P
Abstract excerpt
Family, adoption, and twin studies have demonstrated the involvement of genetic factors in the etiology of major affective disorders. In an attempt to identify the involved genes, several linkage and association studies have focused on the gene coding for tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting e...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Antidepressive Agents
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Lithium
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mood Disorders
- Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
