Sensorimotor gating of schizophrenia patients depends on catechol o-methyltransferase val158met polymorphism

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-346

  Quednow, Boris B ^a,b   Wagner, Michael ^a   Mössner, Rainald ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Kühn, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Catechol O methyltransferase; COMT; Polymorphism; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Sensorimotor gating; Val158Met

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHLORPROMAZINE; METHIONINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALINE;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSORY GATING;

EID: 77749264489     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn088     Document Type: Article

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