Polymorphism in exon 6 of the dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) is associated with elevated blood pressure and personality disorders in men

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 553-558

  Rosmond, R ^a,b   Rankinen, T ^b   Chagnon, M ^b   Perusse L ^c   Chagnon, Y C ^c   Bouchard, C ^b   Bjorntorp P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Blood pressure; Dopamine; DRD2 polymorphism; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ALLELES; EXONS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034882907     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001231     Document Type: Article

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