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A common polymorphism in the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CNR1) gene is associated with antipsychotic-induced weight gain in Schizophrenia.

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Evidence is provided that the CNR1 gene may be associated with antipsychotic-induced weight gain in chronic schizophrenia patients and electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that the presence of the T allele created a binding site for arylhydrocarbon receptor translocator (ARNT), a member of the basic helix–loop–helix/Per–Arnt–Sim protein family.
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This article is published in Neuropsychopharmacology.The article was published on 2010-01-27 and is currently open access. It has received 97 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Atypical antipsychotic & Weight gain.

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Antipsychotic drugs and obesity

TL;DR: Sophisticated molecular studies and genome-wide association studies, ideally in antipsychotic-naïve/first episode samples, are needed to further advance the field.
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Pharmacogenetics of antipsychotic-induced weight gain: review and clinical implications

TL;DR: There has been considerable progress reaffirming previous findings and discovery of novel genetic factors in pharmacogenetics of antipsychotic-induced weight gain, and new evidence suggests that the DRD2, TNF, SNAP-25 and MC4R genes are also prominent risk factors.
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Contributions of endocannabinoid signaling to psychiatric disorders in humans: Genetic and biochemical evidence

TL;DR: The hypothesis that endocannabinoid signaling could be dysfunctional in a number of mental disorders is suggested and further studies are encouraged to encourage further studies in this very interesting and important area.
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Haploview: analysis and visualization of LD and haplotype maps

TL;DR: Haploview is a software package that provides computation of linkage disequilibrium statistics and population haplotype patterns from primary genotype data in a visually appealing and interactive interface.
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A rapid non-enzymatic method for the preparation of HMW DNA from blood for RFLP studies

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Leptin-regulated endocannabinoids are involved in maintaining food intake

TL;DR: It is shown that following temporary food restriction, CB1 receptor knockout mice eat less than their wild-type littermates, and the CB1 antagonist SR141716A reduces food intake in wild- type but not knockout mice, which indicates that endocannabinoids in the hypothalamus may tonically activate CB1 receptors to maintain food intake and form part of the neural circuitry regulated by leptin.
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Pedigree disequilibrium tests for multilocus haplotypes.

TL;DR: A permutation procedure for the null hypothesis of interest is described, which controls for violation of the assumptions, and a likelihood‐ratio test is proposed, using the expectation‐maximization (E‐M) algorithm to account for haplotype ambiguities.
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The endogenous cannabinoid system affects energy balance via central orexigenic drive and peripheral lipogenesis

TL;DR: It is shown that the lack of CB1 in mice with a disrupted CB1 gene causes hypophagia and leanness, and the cannabinoid system is an essential endogenous regulator of energy homeostasis via central orexigenic as well as peripheral lipogenic mechanisms and might therefore represent a promising target to treat diseases characterized by impaired energy balance.
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