Article
Susceptibility for schizophrenia is not influenced by a functional insertion/deletion variant in the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1998
Stöber G, Jatzke S, Heils A, Jungkunz G, Fuchs E, Knapp M, Riederer P, Lesch K P
Abstract excerpt
A possible dysregulation of serotonergic neurotransmission has been implicated in the aetiology of schizophrenic psychoses. In the present study we analysed allelic and genotypic variations of a recently described functional polymorphic region in the promoter of the human serotonin transporter ge...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Carrier Proteins
- Chromosome Deletion
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
