MAO A VNTR polymorphism and amygdala volume in healthy subjects

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-91

  Cerasa, Antonio ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b   Gioia, Maria C ^a,e   Magariello, Angela ^a   Muglia, Maria ^a   Assogna, Francesca ^c   Bernardini, Sergio ^d   Caltagirone, Carlo ^c,d   Bossù, Paola ^c   Spalletta, Gianfranco ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala volume; Automated subcortical segmentation; Imaging genetics; MAO A variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) genotype

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYGDALA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751702204     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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