Haplotypes of catechol-O-methyltransferase modulate intelligence-related brain white matter integrity

NeuroImage

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Liu, Bing ^a   Li, Jun ^b   Yu, Chunshui ^c   Li, Yonghui ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Song, Ming ^a   Fan, Ming ^a   Li, Kuncheng ^c   Jiang, Tianzi ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

COMT; Diffusion tensor imaging; Haplotypes; Intelligence; White matter integrity

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349086640     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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