| Literature DB >> 18985293 |
Wolfgang Maier1, Rainald Mössner, Boris B Quednow, Michael Wagner, René Hurlemann.
Abstract
Decomposition of schizophrenia into neurobiological vulnerability traits is necessary to understand the complex genetic underpinnings of this phenomenologically defined disorder. This issue is discussed with a focus on prepulse inhibition (PPI) as a neurobiological phenotype and the 5HT2a-receptor as a candidate gene. A series of recent studies illuminates that PPI and 5HT2a-receptors present as vulnerability markers for schizophrenia; a functional sequence variant in the 5HT2a-gene is contributing to this relationship and might consequently contribute to the genetic predisposition to schizophrenia with a very small risk increase.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18985293 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-008-5011-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci ISSN: 0940-1334 Impact factor: 5.270