Posted by banga on November 23, 2007, at 14:36:49
In reply to Social phobia, help understanding this study., posted by mav27 on November 23, 2007, at 0:04:24
Here is my take (albeit not an expert in genetics by any means, so someone please correct if I dont get the details right!)
The study starts out saying there is a probable genetic component to social phobia, and also that there is evidence of possible dopamine involvement. What they decided to study is whether certain genes that affect dopamine are different in social phobia patients (than in the general polulation) -- I presume they were thinking maybe abnormalities in those genes may be part of the genetic underpinning of social phobia. They did not find any evidence of this. But that does not mean their study concludes that dopamine is not involved in social phobia, just they did not find a direct link between social phobia and the genes they investigated. There are many many other indirect ways the action of dopamine could be involved in social phobia.
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