Variation in the NMDA receptor 2B subunit gene GRIN2B is associated with differential language lateralization

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 284-289

  Ocklenburg, Sebastian ^a   Arning, Larissa ^a   Hahn, Constanze ^a   Gerding, Wanda M ^a   Epplen, Jörg T ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a   Beste, Christian ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Functional cerebral asymmetries; Glutamate; NMDA

Indexed keywords

DNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GRIN2B GENE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RESPONSE TIME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051623906     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.07.042     Document Type: Article

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