The effects of the COMT val 108/158 met polymorphism on bold activation during working memory, planning, and response inhibition: A role for the posterior cingulate cortex

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 763-771

  Stokes, Paul R A ^a   Rhodes, Rebecca A ^a   Grasby, Paul M ^a   Mehta, Mitul A ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognition; COMT; default mode network; dopamine; fMRI; frontal

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VALINE;

EID: 79951510288     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.210     Document Type: Article

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