Eric Huang, Clement C Zai, Amanda Lisoway, Malgorzata Maciukiewicz, Daniel Felsky, Arun K Tiwari, Jeffrey R Bishop, Masashi Ikeda, Patricio Molero, Felipe Ortuno, Stefano Porcelli, Jerzy Samochowiec, Pawel Mierzejewski, Shugui Gao, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, José M Pelayo-Terán, Harpreet Kaur, Ritushree Kukreti, Herbert Y Meltzer, Jeffrey A Lieberman, Steven G Potkin, Daniel J Müller, James L Kennedy
BACKGROUND: The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) enzyme plays a crucial role in dopamine degradation, and the COMT Val158Met polymorphism (rs4680) is associated with significant differences in enzymatic activity and consequently dopamine concentrations in the prefrontal cortex. Multiple studies have analyzed the COMT Val158Met variant in relation to antipsychotic response. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis examining the relationship between COMT Val158Met and antipsychotic response...
May 2016: International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology