Evolutionary conserved longevity genes and human cognitive abilities in elderly cohorts

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-347

  Lopez, Lorna M ^a   Harris, Sarah E ^a   Luciano, Michelle ^a   Liewald, Dave ^a   Davies, Gail ^a   Gow, Alan J ^a   Tenesa, Albert ^b,c   Payton, Antony ^d   Ke, Xiayi ^d,e   Whalley, Lawrence J ^f   Fox, Helen ^g   Haggerty, Paul ^h   Ollier, William ^d   Pickles, Andrew ⁱ   Porteous, David J ^a   Horan, Michael A ^d   Pendleton, Neil ^d   Starr, John M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

^h ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognition; cognitive ageing; gene association; longevity genes; SYNJ2

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; SYNAPTOJANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84857194709     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.201     Document Type: Article

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