New evidence of association between COMT gene and prefrontal neurocognitive function in healthy individuals from sibling pairs discordant for psychosis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1110-1112

  Rosa, Araceli ^a   Peralta, Victor ^b   Cuesta, Manuel J ^b   Zarzuela, Amalia ^b   Serrano, Fermín ^b   Martínez Larrea, Alfredo ^b   Fañanás, Lourdes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CATECHOL O METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOPAMINE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLINGS;

EID: 2942567866     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.6.1110     Document Type: Article

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