NOS1 ex1f-VNTR polymorphism influences prefrontal brain oxygenation during a working memory task

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1617-1623

  Kopf, Juliane ^a   Schecklmann, Martin ^a,b   Hahn, Tim ^a,d   Dresler, Thomas ^a   Dieler, Alica C ^a   Herrmann, Martin J ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a,c   Reif, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DlPFC; FNIRS; NOS1; Parietal cortex; Polymorphism; Verbal n back; VlPFC

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGENATED HEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN OXYGENATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON 1F OF NOS1 VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WORKING MEMORY;

FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960282573     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.034     Document Type: Article

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