The functional Val158Met polymorphism of COMT predicts interindividual differences in brain α oscillations in young men

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 10855-10862

  Bodenmann, Sereina ^a   Rusterholz, Thomas ^a   Dürr, Roland ^a   Stoll, Claudia ^a   Bachmann, Valérie ^a   Geissler, Eva ^a   Jaggi Schwarz, Karin ^a   Landolt, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; MODAFINIL;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS;

AGE FACTORS; ALPHA RHYTHM; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; VALINE; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749112915     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1427-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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