Catechol-o-methyl transferase (COMT) val158met polymorphism and adolescent cortical development in patients with childhood-onset schizophrenia, their non-psychotic siblings, and healthy controls

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1517-1523

  Raznahan, Armin ^a,b   Greenstein, Deanna ^a   Lee, Yohan ^a   Long, Robert ^a   Clasen, Liv ^a   Gochman, Pete ^a   Addington, Anjene ^a   Giedd, Jay N ^a   Rapoport, Judith L ^a   Gogtay, Nitin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COMT; Cortex; Dopamine; Maturation; Neuroimaging; Schizophrenia; Siblings

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CATABOLISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA; COMT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960283056     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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