Variants in doublecortin- and calmodulin kinase like 1, a gene up-regulated by BDNF, are associated with memory and general cognitive abilities

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Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Le Hellard, Stéphanie ^a,b   Håvik, Bjarte ^a,b   Espeseth, Thomas ^c   Breilid, Harald ^a,b   Løoclie, Roger ^a,b   Luciano, Michelle ^d   Gow, Alan J ^d   Harris, Sarah E ^d   Starr, John M ^d   Wibrand, Karin ^a   Lundervold, Astri J ^a   Porteous, David J ^d   Bramham, Clive R ^a   Deary, Ian J ^d   Reinvang, Ivar ^c   Steen, Vidar M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; DOUBLECORTIN; DOUBLECORTIN AND CALMODULIN KINASE LIKE 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE I; CAMK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DOUBLECORTIN PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MARKER GENE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; UPREGULATION; VERBAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

AGED; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 1; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDES; NORWAY; RATS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 70449560421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007534     Document Type: Article

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