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Clinical susceptibility to migraine with aura is modified by dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) NcoI alleles.
Neurology - 1 Jul 1997
Peroutka S J, Wilhoit T, Jones K
Abstract excerpt
Migraine has a major genetic component. Although most recent scientific studies have focused on the role of 5-hydroxytryptamine and neuropeptides in migraine, dopaminergic systems are also implicated in the pathogenesis. Therefore, the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) was analyzed as a candidate gene...
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