Alexander Georgi

The DISC locus and schizophrenia: evidence from an association study in a central European sample and from a meta-analysis across different European populations (2009)

Schumacher, Johannes, Laje, Gonzalo, Jamra, Rami Abou, Becker, Tim, Mühleisen, Thomas W., Vasilescu, Catalina, ...

Association studies, as well as the initial translocation family study, identified the gene Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) as a risk factor for schizophrenia. DISC1 encodes a multifunctional...

Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia (2008)

Stefansson, Hreinn, Rujescu, Dan, Cichon, Sven, Pietiläinen, Olli P H, Ingason, Andres, Steinberg, Stacy, ...

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G72 and its association with major depression and neuroticism in large population-based groups from Germany (2008)

Rietschel, Marcella, Beckmann, Lars, Strohmeier, Jana, Georgi, Alexander, Karpushova, Anna, Schirmbeck, Frederike, ...

OBJECTIVE: G72 is among the most frequently replicated vulnerability genes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The authors previously found identical haplotypes of markers M23 and M24 to be...

Brain-specific tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2): a functional Pro206Ser substitution and variation in the 5'-region are associated with bipolar affective disorder (2008)

Cichon, Sven, Winge, Ingeborg, Mattheisen, Manuel, Georgi, Alexander, Karpushova, Anna, Freudenberg, Jan, ...

The neurotransmitter serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] controls a broad range of biological functions that are disturbed in affective disorder. In the brain, 5-HT production is controlled by...

REWARD CRAVING AND WITHDRAWAL RELIEF CRAVING: ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONAL PATHWAYS TO ALCOHOL INTAKE (2003)

Heinz, Andreas, Löber, Sabine, Georgi, Alexander, Wrase, Jana, Hermann, Derik, Rey, Eibe-R., ...

— Aims: Craving for the rewarding effects of alcohol may be evoked by conditioned alcohol-like effects whereas conditioned compensatory responses may induce withdrawal relief craving. We tested the...