Genetic Architecture of Learning and Delayed Recall: A Twin Study of Episodic Memory

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 488-498

  Panizzon, Matthew S ^a   Lyons, Michael J ^b   Jacobson, Kristen C ^c   Franz, Carol E ^a   Grant, Michael D ^b   Eisen, Seth A ^d   Xian, Hong ^d   Kremen, William S ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Episodic memory; Genetics; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED RECALL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; ETHNICITY; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79960070946     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022569     Document Type: Article

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