Exogenous visual orienting is associated with specific neurotransmitter genetic markers: A population-based genetic association study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lundwall, Rebecca A ^a   Guo, Dong Chuan ^b   Dannemiller, James L ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; ACETYLCHOLINE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; APOE GENE; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COMPUTER; COMT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAT1 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXOGENOUS VISUAL ORIENTING; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DOPAMINE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856947465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030731     Document Type: Article

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