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Tryptophan hydroxylase and catechol-O-methyltransferase gene polymorphisms: relationships to monoamine metabolite concentrations in CSF of healthy volunteers.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1997
Jönsson E G, Goldman D, Spurlock G, Gustavsson J P, Nielsen D A, Linnoila M, Owen M J, Sedvall G C
Abstract excerpt
Concentrations of monoamine metabolites (MM) in lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been used extensively as indirect estimates of monoamine turnover in the brain. We investigated possible relationships between DNA polymorphisms in the tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) genes and CSF concentrations of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA), and...
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