Episodic memory performance predicted by the 2bp deletion in exon 6 of the "alpha 7-like" nicotinic receptor subunit gene

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1832-1834

  Dempster, Emma L ^a,b   Toulopoulou, Timothea ^a   McDonald, Colm ^a   Bramon, Elvira ^a   Walshe, Muriel ^a   Wickham, Harvey ^a   Sham, Pak C ^a   Murray, Robin M ^a   Collier, David A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 7 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA 7 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR SUBUNIT GENE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXON; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRID GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

EID: 33749458682     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.10.1832     Document Type: Article

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