Further evidence of no association between Ser9Gly polymorphism of dopamine D3 receptor gene and schizophrenia.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970221)74:1<40::aid-ajmg9>3.0.co;2-z

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Further evidence of no association between Ser9Gly polymorphism of dopamine D3 receptor gene and schizophrenia.

American journal of medical genetics - 21 Feb 1997

Chen C H, Liu M Y, Wei F C, Koong F J, Hwu H G, Hsiao K J

Abstract excerpt

Dopamine D3 receptor (DRD3) was demonstrated to have important implications in schizophrenia, because it binds antipsychotic drugs and is abundant in the limbic system of the brain. Several groups attempted to find an association between a serine-to-glycine polymorphism at codon 9 of the DRD3 gen...

Topics

Alleles
Asian People
Case-Control Studies
Female
Genotype
Glycine
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Genetic
Receptors, Dopamine D2
Receptors, Dopamine D3
Schizophrenia
Serine
Taiwan

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