Effects of catechol-O-methyltransferase on normal variation in the cognitive function of children

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 909-916

  Barnett, Jennifer H ^a   Heron, Jon ^b   Goldman, David ^b   Jones, Peter B ^b   Xu, Ke ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WORKING MEMORY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHIONINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VALINE;

EID: 68149091979     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08081251     Document Type: Article

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