The SNAP-25 gene is associated with cognitive ability: Evidence from a family-based study in two independent Dutch cohorts

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 878-886

  Gosso, M F ^a,b   De Geus, E J C ^a   Van Belzen, M J ^a,b   Polderman, T J C ^a,c   Heutink, P ^a,b   Boomsma, D I ^a,b   Posthuma, D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Candidate gene approach; Family based; Genetics; Haplotype analysis; Intelligence; Synaptosomal

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; COGNITION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748077087     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001868     Document Type: Article

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