Genetic variants in the choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) gene are modestly associated with normal cognitive function in the elderly

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 876-882

  Mengel From, J ^a,b   Christensen, K ^a,b   Thinggaard, M ^a   Mcgue, M ^a,c   Christiansen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Alzheimer's; Cognitive function; Dementia; Genes; MMSE; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH CURVE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 80755139668     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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