Psychosis and aggression in Alzheimer's disease: The effect of dopamine receptor gene variation

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 777-779

  Holmes, C ^a   Smith, H ^a   Ganderton, R ^a   Arranz, M ^b   Collier, D ^b   Powell, J ^b   Lovestone, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Behaviour; Genetics

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN DRD1; PROTEIN DRD3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HALLUCINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DELUSIONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HALLUCINATIONS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3; REGISTRIES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035212797     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.6.777     Document Type: Article

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