Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype affects neural correlates of aversive stimuli processing

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-172

  Herrmann, Martin J ^a   Würflein, Heidi ^a   Schreppel, Theresa ^a   Koehler, Saskia ^a   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a   Reif, Andreas ^a   Canli, Turhan ^b   Romanos, Marcel ^a   Jacob, Christian P ^a   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EARLY POSTERIOR NEGATIVITY POTENTIAL; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649563605     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.9.2.168     Document Type: Article

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