The androgen receptor gene polyglycine repeat polymorphism is associated with memory performance in healthy Chinese individuals

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 947-952

  Kovacs, Denes ^a   Vassos, Evangelos ^c   Liu, Xiehe ^b   Sun, Xueli ^b   Hu, Junmei ^b   Breen, Gerome ^c   Tompa, Peter ^a   Collier, David A ^b,c   Li, Tao ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Endophenotype; Memory performance; Polyglutamine; Polyglycine; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYGLUTAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349242314     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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