Tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). An association study in bipolar affective disorder I or unipolar major affective disorder was performed by using a Bfa I restriction site polymorphism within intron 7 of the tryptophan hydroxylas
Structural imaging in affective disorder
โ Scribed by Barbara C. Beats
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 410 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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