COMT gene polymorphism is associated with declarative memory in adulthood and old age

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-539

  De Frias, Cindy M ^a   Annerbrink, Kristina ^b   Westberg, Lars ^b   Eriksson, Elias ^b   Adolfsson, Rolf ^c   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adulthood; aging; COMT; genetics; memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CATECHOL O METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VALINE;

BETULA;

EID: 4444248174     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BEGE.0000038491.06972.8c     Document Type: Article

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