No correlation between A(-1438)G polymorphism in 5-HT2A receptor gene promoter and the density of frontal cortical 5-HT2A receptors in schizophrenia

Human Heredity

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-105

  Kouzmenko, Alexander P ^a,b   Scaffidi, Antonietta ^a   Pereira, Avril M ^a   Hayes, Wendy L ^a   Copolov, David L ^a   Dean, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

5HT2a receptor; Human brain; Polymorphism; Promoter; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033031019     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022853     Document Type: Article

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