COMT gene polymorphism and corpus callosum morphometry in preterm born adults

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-153

  Dutt, Anirban ^a   Shaikh, Madiha ^a   Ganguly, Taposhri ^a   Nosarti, Chiara ^a   Walshe, Muriel ^a   Arranz, Maria ^a   Rifkin, Larry ^a   McDonald, Colm ^b   Chaddock, Christopher A ^a   McGuire, Philip ^a   Murray, Robin M ^a   Bramon, Elvira ^a   Allin, Matthew P G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

COMT; Corpus callosum; Genes; Neurodevelopment; Premature; Preterm births

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957946631     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.048     Document Type: Article

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