Effect of the catechol-O-methyltransferase val158met genotype on children's early phases of facial stimuli processing

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-374

  Battaglia, M ^a,b,c,d   Zanoni, A ^a   Giorda, R ^c   Pozzoli, U ^c   Citterio, A ^a   Beri, S ^c   Ogliari, A ^a   Nobile, M ^c   Marino, C ^b,c   Molteni, M ^c  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UhSR DNS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase; Children; Development; ERP; Face expressions of emotion; Genetics

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD;

CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249034620     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2006.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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