Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype in healthy and personality disorder individuals: Preliminary results from an examination of cognitive tests hypothetically differentially sensitive to dopamine functions

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 925-934

  Leung, Winnie W ^a   McClure, Margaret M ^a   Siever, Larry J ^a,b   Barch, Deanna M ^c   Harvey, Philip D ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

COMT; Context processing; Dopamine; Schizotypal personality disorder; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 38149129236     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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