Genetic variation in memory functioning

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 841-848

  Nilsson, Lars Göran ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^b   Bäckman, Lars ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allele; Cognitive psychology; Experimental psychology

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECALL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036861774     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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