COMT genotype and resting brain perfusion in children

NeuroImage

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 217-222

  Thomason, Moriah E ^a   Waugh, Christian E ^a   Glover, Gary H ^b   Gotlib, Ian H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIN LABELING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67949117046     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.05.076     Document Type: Article

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