The COMT Val158Met polymorphism and temporal lobe morphometry in healthy adults

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-177

  Taylor, Warren D ^a   Züchner, Stephan ^a   Payne, Martha E ^a   Messer, Denise F ^a   Doty, Tracy J ^a   MacFall, James R ^a   Beyer, John L ^a   Krishnan, K Ranga R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphisms; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VALINE;

EID: 34249898069     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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