Association of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) polymorphism and academic achievement in a Chinese cohort

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Yeh, Ting Kuang ^a,b   Chang, Chun Yen ^a   Hu, Chung Yi ^c   Yeh, Ting Chi ^d   Lin, Ming Yeh ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Basic Competency Test; Catechol O methyltransferase; Cognition

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SOCIOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 70350342523     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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