The A1 allele of the human D2 dopamine receptor gene predicts low D2 receptor availability in healthy volunteers

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 256-260

  Pohjalainen, T ^a   Rinne, J O ^b   Nagren K ^c   Lehikoinen, P ^c   Anttila, K ^a   Syvalahti E K G ^a   Hietala, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Association; DRD2; PET; Polymorphism; Receptor binding; TaqIA RFLP; 11C raclopride

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0031752522     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000350     Document Type: Article

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