Article
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 associa...
Topics
- Adult
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- DNA
- Delusions
- Depression
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Inpatients
- Italy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mood Disorders
- Motor Activity
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Receptors, GABA-A