Abstract
Considerable evidence implicates the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the biochemical pathophysiology of mood disorders. In this study, we investigated the possibility that the gene for the γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptor alpha-1 subunit (GABRA1) might be associated with depressive symptomatology in a sample of mood disorder subjects. Sixty-seven inpatients affected by unipolar (n = 37) and bipolar (n = 30) disorder (DSMIV) were assessed at admission by the Hamilton depression rating scale (HAMD) and were typed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques. GABRA1 variants were not associated with depressive symptomatology, and consideration of possible stratification effects such as sex, psychiatric diagnosis and illness severity did not reveal any association either. GABA(A) alpha-1 subunit gene is not, therefore, associated with depressive symptomatology in mood disorder subjects.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 251-254 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Psychiatric Genetics |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
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Keywords
- Bipolar disorder
- GABRA1
- Mood disorder
- Phenotype
- Psychiatric genetic
- Unipolar disorder
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics(clinical)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Genetics
- Neuroscience(all)
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GABA(A) alpha-1 subunit gene not associated with depressive symptomatology in mood disorders. / Serretti, A.; Macciardi, F.; Cusin, C.; Lattuada, E.; Lilli, R.; Di Bella, D.; Catalano, M.; Smeraldi, E.
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AU - Serretti, A.
AU - Macciardi, F.
AU - Cusin, C.
AU - Lattuada, E.
AU - Lilli, R.
AU - Di Bella, D.
AU - Catalano, M.
AU - Smeraldi, E.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Considerable evidence implicates the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the biochemical pathophysiology of mood disorders. In this study, we investigated the possibility that the gene for the γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptor alpha-1 subunit (GABRA1) might be associated with depressive symptomatology in a sample of mood disorder subjects. Sixty-seven inpatients affected by unipolar (n = 37) and bipolar (n = 30) disorder (DSMIV) were assessed at admission by the Hamilton depression rating scale (HAMD) and were typed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques. GABRA1 variants were not associated with depressive symptomatology, and consideration of possible stratification effects such as sex, psychiatric diagnosis and illness severity did not reveal any association either. GABA(A) alpha-1 subunit gene is not, therefore, associated with depressive symptomatology in mood disorder subjects.
AB - Considerable evidence implicates the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the biochemical pathophysiology of mood disorders. In this study, we investigated the possibility that the gene for the γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptor alpha-1 subunit (GABRA1) might be associated with depressive symptomatology in a sample of mood disorder subjects. Sixty-seven inpatients affected by unipolar (n = 37) and bipolar (n = 30) disorder (DSMIV) were assessed at admission by the Hamilton depression rating scale (HAMD) and were typed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques. GABRA1 variants were not associated with depressive symptomatology, and consideration of possible stratification effects such as sex, psychiatric diagnosis and illness severity did not reveal any association either. GABA(A) alpha-1 subunit gene is not, therefore, associated with depressive symptomatology in mood disorder subjects.
KW - Bipolar disorder
KW - GABRA1
KW - Mood disorder
KW - Phenotype
KW - Psychiatric genetic
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