COMT val158met polymorphism and neural pain processing.

A functional polymorphism (val158met) of the gene coding for Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COM) has been demonstrated to be related to processing of emotional stimuli. Also, this polymorphism has been found to be associated with pain regulation in healthy subjects. Therefore, we investigated a possi...

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Main Authors: Christian Schmahl, Petra Ludäscher, Wolfgang Greffrath, Anja Kraus, Gabriele Valerius, Thomas G Schulze, Jens Treutlein, Marcella Rietschel, Michael N Smolka, Martin Bohus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3256133?pdf=render