The DRD2 TaqIA polymorphism associated with changed midbrain volumes in healthy individuals

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-463

  Cerasa, A ^a,c   Gioia, M C ^a   Tarantino, P ^a   Labate, A ^a,b   Arabia, G ^a,b   Annesi, G ^a   Lanza, P ^a   Di Palma, G ^a   Blasi, V ^a   Quattrone, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DRD2 TaqIA polymorphism; Imaging genetics; Substantia nigra; VBM

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; COGNITION; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67149108602     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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