Relationship of the met allele of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor VAL66MET polymorphism to memory after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Vilkki, Juhani ^a   Lappalainen, Jaakko ^b,c   Juvela, Seppo ^a,d   Kanarek, Katarzyna ^b,c   Hernesniemi, Juha A ^a   Siironen, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Memory; Polymorphism; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

DNA; METHIONINE; VALINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERBAL MEMORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VALINE;

EID: 64849084973     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000320382.21577.8E     Document Type: Article

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