The brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism is associated with age-related change in reasoning skills

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-513

  Harris, S E ^a   Fox, H ^b   Wright, A F ^c   Hayward, C ^c   Starr, J M ^a   Whalley, L J ^b   Deary, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Behavioural genetics; Cognition; Intelligence; Neurotrophic factors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MORAY HOUSE TEST; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REASONING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOTTISH MENTAL SURVEY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33646362054     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001799     Document Type: Article

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