Variants in the alpha2A AR adrenergic receptor gene in psychiatric patients.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980907)81:5<405::aid-ajmg9>3.0.co;2-r

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Variants in the alpha2A AR adrenergic receptor gene in psychiatric patients.

American journal of medical genetics - 7 Sept 1998

Feng J, Sobell J L, Heston L L, Goldman D, Cook E, Kranzler H R, Gelernter J, Sommer S S

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In various studies of psychiatric patients, alterations in adrenergic receptor (AR) expression or function have been suggested. Herein, the alpha2A AR gene was screened in 206 patients with schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, alcohol dependence, or cocaine depe...

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Animals
Genome, Human
Humans
Mutation
Psychotic Disorders
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2
Sequence Analysis

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