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ArticleNeuromolecular medicine2015

Association Study of CHRNA7 Promoter Variants with Sensory and Sensorimotor Gating in Schizophrenia Patients and Healthy Controls: A Danish Case-Control Study.

Birgitte Bertelsen, Bob Oranje, Linea Melchior, Birgitte Fagerlund, Thomas M Werge, Jens D Mikkelsen, Zeynep Tümer, Birte Y Glenthøj

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Article in Neuromolecular medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Birgitte BertelsenDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Applied Human Molecular Genetics, Kennedy Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Gl. Landevej 7, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark.
Bob OranjeCenter for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Psychiatric Center Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Ndr. Ringvej 29-67, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark.
Linea MelchiorDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Applied Human Molecular Genetics, Kennedy Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Gl. Landevej 7, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark.
Birgitte FagerlundCenter for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Psychiatric Center Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Ndr. Ringvej 29-67, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark.
Thomas M WergeInstitute of Biological Psychiatry, Mental Health Center Sct. Hans, Copenhagen University Hospital, Boserupvej 2, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
Jens D MikkelsenNeurobiology Research Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Zeynep TümerDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Applied Human Molecular Genetics, Kennedy Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Gl. Landevej 7, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark. zeynep.tumer@regionh.dk.
Birte Y GlenthøjCenter for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Psychiatric Center Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Ndr. Ringvej 29-67, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark.
Glostrup Hospital · DKKennedy Center · DKIT University of Copenhagen · DKRigshospitalet · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with a core component of impaired cognitive function still remaining as one of the greatest challenges in the pharmacological treatment of the disorder. The CHRNA7 gene, encoding the subunit of the human α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR), is suggested as a susceptibility factor for schizophrenia. CHRNA7 has also been genetically linked to the P50 auditory evoked potential deficit, a candidate endophenotype of schizophrenia, but not to prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex (PPI). In this study, 95 antipsychotic-naïve schizophrenic patients and 450 unaffected controls were screened for CHRNA7 promoter variants to investigate the association with schizophrenia, P50 suppression and PPI. We found that the promoter variant -194C (rs28531779) was significantly associated with schizophrenia, but did not find any association of this variant with P50 suppression or PPI. In addition, individuals with CHRNA7 promoter variants had elevated startle magnitude in pulse-alone trials compared to individuals without a variant. The present findings provide further support for a role of the α7nAChR in schizophrenia and show a genetic link between CHRNA7 and startle magnitude, indicating that cholinergic neurotransmission involving the α7nAChR could be involved in sensory registration processes.

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Adultalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorCase-Control StudiesDenmarkEvoked PotentialsFemaleGenetic VariationHumansMalePrepulse InhibitionPromoter Regions, GeneticPsychomotor PerformanceReflex, AbnormalReflex, StartleSchizophreniaYoung Adultalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorChrna7 protein, humanNicotine receptorP50PPISchizophreniaStartle magnitude

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