Associations between polymorphisms in five inflammation-related genes and cognitive ability in older persons

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-352

  Marioni, R E ^a   Deary, I J ^a   Murray, G D ^a   Fowkes, F G R ^a   Price, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognition; Inflammation; Interleukin 1; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COGNITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TEST; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77950857016     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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