The relevance of the functional 5-HT1A receptor polymorphism for attention and working memory processes during mental rotation of characters

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1248-1254

  Beste, Christian ^a   Heil, Martin ^b   Domschke, Katharina ^c   Konrad, Carsten ^c,d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Event related potentials (ERPs); Imaging genetics; Mental rotation; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ALLELES; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; ROTATION; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949772938     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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