BDNF val66met polymorphism influences motor system function in the human brain

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1254-1262

  McHughen, Stephanie A ^a   Rodriguez, Paul F ^a   Kleim, Jeffrey A ^b   Kleim, Erin D ^b   Crespo, Laura Marchal ^a   Procaccio, Vincent ^a   Cramer, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; FMRI; Genetics; Genotype; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; OXYGEN; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENOTYPE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FINGER; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHIONINE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VALINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951106048     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp189     Document Type: Article

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