Effects of dopamine-related gene-gene interactions on working memory component processes

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1056-1063

  Stelzel, Christine ^a   Basten, Ulrike ^a   Montag, Christian ^b   Reuter, Martin ^b   Fiebach, Christian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism; DRD2 ANKK1 Taq Ia polymorphism; Humans; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; METHIONINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; VALINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449158880     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06647.x     Document Type: Article

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