Nicotinic receptor gene chrna4 interacts with processing load in attention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Espeseth, Thomas ^a   Sneve, Markus Handal ^a   Rootwelt, Helge ^b   Laeng, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA4 SUBUNIT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4BETA2;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; BRAIN; COGNITION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78651094466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014407     Document Type: Article

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