Association of the Dopamine Transporter Gene (DAT1) Core Promotor Polymorphism-67T Allele with Schizophrenia

• Main Authors: Mina Owhadi (Author), Farbod Fadaei (Author), Nazli Khodayari (Author), Alireza Rahimi (Author), Hossein Najm-Abadi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2003-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Dysfunction of the central dopaminergic neurotransmission has been suggested to play an important role in the etiology of schizophrenia. The dopamine transporter (DAT1) mediates the active reuptake of dopamine from the synapses and thereby plays a key role in the regulation of the dopamin...