The impact of the Val158Met catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype on neural correlates of sad facial affect processing in patients with bipolar disorder and their relatives

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 779-788

  Lelli Chiesa, G ^a,b   Kempton, M J ^a   Jogia, J ^a   Tatarelli, R ^b   Girardi, P ^b   Powell, J ^a   Collier, D A ^a   Frangou, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; bipolar disorder; COMT; facial affect; genetic; major depressive disorder; sadness

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ALLELES; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958695642     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710001431     Document Type: Article

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