Variation in catechol-O-methyltransferase val 158 met genotype associated with schizotypy but not cognition: A population study in 543 young men

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 510-515

  Stefanis, Nicholas C ^a,b   Os, Jim Van ^c,d   Avramopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Smyrnis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Evdokimidis, Ioannis ^b   Hantoumi, Ioanna ^b   Stefanis, Costas N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase; cognition; genetics; negative symptoms; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ATTENTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; EYE MOVEMENTS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; METHIONINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; VALINE;

EID: 4644362935     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.06.038     Document Type: Article

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