Spatial abilities in prepubertal intellectually gifted boys and genetic polymorphisms related to testosterone metabolism

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Celec, Peter ^a,b   Ostatníková, Daniela ^a   Holešova, Zuzana ^b   Minárik, Gabriel ^b,c   Ficek, Andrej ^b,c   Kelemenová, Silvia ^a   Putz, Zdeněk ^d   Kúdela, Matúš ^b  

^a Comenius University ^*  (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Slovakia)

^d National Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetology   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

5 alpha reductase; Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Gifted children; Intelligence; Mental rotation; Polymorphism; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GIFTED CHILD; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREPUBERTY; PSYCHOMETRY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

EID: 70349141423     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.23.1.1     Document Type: Article

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