Risk and protective haplotypes of the alpha-synuclein gene associated with Parkinson's disease differentially affect cognitive sequence learning

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Keri S ^a   Nagy, H ^b   Myers, C E ^c   Benedek, G ^d   Shohamy, D ^e   Gluck, M A ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Cognitive sequence learning; Parkinson's disease; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN GENE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; COGNITIVE SEQUENCE LEARNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STIMULUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SERIAL LEARNING; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 38349019621     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2007.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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