Impact of complex genetic variation in COMT on human brain function

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 867-877

  Meyer Lindenberg, A ^a   Nichols, T ^b   Callicott, J H ^a   Ding, J ^b   Kolachana, B ^a   Buckholtz, J ^a   Mattay, V S ^a   Egan, M ^a   Weinberger, D R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

COMT; fMRI; Haplotypes; n back; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MEMORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748055408     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001860     Document Type: Article

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