Association study of a functional catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism and executive function in elderly males without dementia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-195

  Liu, Mu En ^a   Hong, Chen Jee ^a,b   Liou, Ying Jay ^a,b,c   Tsai, Yung Lang ^a   Hsieh, Cheng Hsi ^d   Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YULI VETERANS HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Taoyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Catechol O methyltransferase; Cognition; Digit Span Forward; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VALINE;

EID: 41949109352     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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