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GABAA alpha-1 subunit gene not associated with depressive symptomatology in mood disorders.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1998
Serretti A, Macciardi F, Cusin C, Lattuada E, Lilli R, Di Bella D, Catalano M, Smeraldi E
Abstract excerpt
Considerable evidence implicates the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the biochemical pathophysiology of mood disorders. In this study, we investigated the possibility that the gene for the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor alpha-1 subunit (GABRA1) might be associated with depressive symptomatology in a sample of mood disorder subjects. Sixty-seven inpatients affected by unipolar...
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