Working memory plasticity modulated by dopamine transporter genotype

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 467, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-120

  Brehmer, Yvonne ^a   Westerberg, Helena ^a   Bellander, Martin ^a   Fürth, Daniel ^a   Karlsson, Sari ^a   Bäckman, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dopamine transporter polymorphism; Plasticity; Training; Working memory

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350565434     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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