Association of catechol-O-methyltransferase Val108/158 Met genetic polymorphism with schizophrenia, P50 sensory gating, and negative symptoms in a Chinese population
Mao Q, Tan Y, Luo X, Tian L, Wang Z, Tan S, Chen S, Yang G, An H, Yang F, Zhang X. Association of catechol-O-methyltransferase Val108/158 Met genetic polymorphism with schizophrenia, P50 sensory gating, and negative symptoms in a Chinese population. Psychiatry Research 2016, 242: 271-276. PMID: 27315458, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPCR-restriction fragment length polymorphismSchizophrenic patientsP50 deficitsNegative symptomsChinese populationNegative Syndrome ScaleRisk of schizophreniaSymptoms of schizophreniaP50 sensory gatingVal allele carriersHan Chinese populationRole of COMTCerebral cortexClinical symptomatologyHealthy controlsNegative subscoreAllele carriersMetS individualsMet/Met individualsControl groupSensory gatingSyndrome ScaleGenotype distributionP50 gatingSchizophrenic subjects