MTHFR polymorphisms and cognitive ageing in the ninth decade: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1921

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 354-364

  Schiepers, O J G ^a,b,c   van Boxtel, M P J ^a,b   Harris, S E ^c   Gow, A J ^c   Pattie, A ^c   Brett, C E ^c   de Groot, R H M ^a,b,d,e   Jolles, J ^a,b,d   Starr, J M ^c   Deary, I J ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognitive performance; Cohort study; Intelligence; Longitudinal; MTHFR

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); APOLIPOPROTEIN E; FOLIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THINKING; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 79953285887     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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