Abstract
The authors conducted a case-control study of Parkinson's disease patients with and without visual hallucinations to investigate associations of the polymorphisms of the dopamine receptors D2 32806 C>T (Taq1A), D3 Ser 9Gly and Msp1, D5 978T>C and dopamine transporter 3′-UTR 40 bp VNTR with visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease. No significant differences were found between hallucinators and non-hallucinators in either the genotypic or allelic distributions. Our data suggest that the loci investigated here are not associated with the visual hallucinogenesis in Parkinson's disease.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 193-196 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Neuroscience Letters |
Volume | 355 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 30 2004 |
Keywords
- Dopamine
- Gene polymorphism
- Hallucination
- Parkinson's disease
- Receptor
- Transporter
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)