Association between Regulator of G Protein Signaling 9-2 and Body Weight

Regulator of G protein signaling 9-2 (RGS9-2) is a protein that is highly enriched in the striatum, a brain region that mediates motivation, movement and reward responses. We identified a naturally occurring 5 nucleotide deletion polymorphism in the human RGS9 gene and found that the mean body mass...

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Main Authors: Waugh, Jeffrey L. (Author), Celver, Jeremy (Author), Sharma, Meenakshi (Author), Dufresne, Robert L. (Author), Terzi, Dimitra (Author), Risch, S. Craig (Author), Fairbrother, William G. (Author), Neve, Rachael L. (Contributor), Kane, John P. (Author), Malloy, Mary J. (Author), Pullinger, Clive R. (Author), Gu, Harvest F. (Author), Tsatsanis, Christos (Author), Hamilton, Steven P. (Author), Gold, Stephen J. (Author), Zachariou, Venetia (Author), Kovoor, Abraham (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2012-02-23T19:12:42Z.
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