Lack of association between dopamine D1 and D2 receptor genes and bipolar affective disorder

M M Nöthen, J Erdmann, J Körner, M Lanczik, J Fritze, R Fimmers, D K Grandy, B O'Dowd, P Propping

Abstract

Fifty-six patients with bipolar affective disorder and 69 healthy control subjects were tested for association of restriction fragment length polymorphism alleles at the dopamine D1 and D2 receptor loci. No significant associations were found; thus, the hypothesis that a single mutant form of either receptor gene is responsible for the phenotype of patients with bipolar affective disorder was not supported.

Original languageEnglish
JournalThe American journal of psychiatry
Volume149
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)199-201
Number of pages3
ISSN0002-953X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 02.1992

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