Variation in GRIN2B contributes to weak performance in verbal short-term memory in children with dyslexia

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 503-511

  Ludwig, Kerstin U ^a,c   Roeske, Darina ^b   Herms, Stefan ^a,c   Schumacher, Johannes ^c   Warnke, Andreas ^d   Plume, Ellen ^d   Neuhoff, Nina ^e   Bruder, Jennifer ^e   Remschmidt, Helmut ^f   Schulte Körne, Gerd ^e   Müller Myhsok, Bertram ^b   Nöthen, Markus M ^a,c   Hoffmann, Per ^a,c  

^a Life and Brain Center   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Comorbidity; Gene; NMDA receptor; Reading; Spelling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GRIN2B GENE; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTHER; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; READING; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 77349127347     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31007     Document Type: Article

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