“…Twenty variants were selected from previous association studies on impulsive compulsive behaviors in the general population and in PD. 23,24 This included 16 genes involved in various neurotransmitter systems: dopamine (DRD1, ANKK1, DRD2, DRD3, DAT1, COMT), serotonin (HTR2A, HTR1B, TPH1, TPH2), glutamate (GRIN2B), norepinephrine (DBH, NET), opioid (OPRM1, OPRK1) systems, and the neurotrophic factor BDNF. In addition, we selected the 10 most significant genes induced by an acute challenge of levodopa in the striatum in an animal model of dopamine denervation.…”