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Serotonin2A receptor gene polymorphism in mood disorders.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Apr 1997
Zhang H Y, Ishigaki T, Tani K, Chen K, Shih J C, Miyasato K, Ohara K, Ohara K
Abstract excerpt
Genes that regulate the serotonin (5-HT) system including 5-HT receptors may be involved in mood disorders. We studied 5-HT2A receptor exons and the adjacent intron regions in 102 patients with mood disorders (71 depressive disorders and 31 bipolar disorders). In 34 mood disorder cases, the gene encoding the 5-HT1A receptor had been sequenced, but no disease-specific polymorphism was found. The substitution of C...
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