The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val 158met polymorphism affects brain responses to repeated painful stimuli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Loggia, Marco L ^a,b   Jensen, Karin ^b   Gollub, Randy L ^b   Wasan, Ajay D ^a   Edwards, Robert R ^a   Kong, Jian ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINGUAL GYRUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRECUNEUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 81455127299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027764     Document Type: Article

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