Untreated hypertension decreases heritability of cognition in late middle age

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-120

  Vasilopoulos, Terrie ^a   Kremen, William S ^b,c   Kim, Kathleen ^b,c   Panizzon, Matthew S ^b   Stein, Phyllis K ^d   Xian, Hong ^d   Grant, Michael D ^e   Lyons, Michael J ^e   Toomey, Rosemary ^e   Eaves, Lindon J ^f   Franz, Carol E ^b   Jacobson, Kristen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Heritability; Hypertension; Twins

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPISODIC MEMORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISUAL SPATIAL ABILITY;

AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856672449     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9479-9     Document Type: Article

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