The prion gene is associated with human long-term memory

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2241-2246

  Papassotiropoulos, Andreas ^a   Wollmer, M Axel ^a   Aguzzi, Adriano ^b   Hock, Christoph ^a   Nitsch, Roger M ^a   de Quervain, Dominique J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AMYLOID; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 26444509890     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi228     Document Type: Article

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