Variants in COMT and DBH influence on response inhibition ability in Chinese Han females

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1163-1169

  Gong, Pingyuan ^a,b   Li, Jing ^a   Chi, Wanyu ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Yao, Tianbao ^a   Zhang, Kejin ^a   Gao, Xiaocai ^a   Zhang, Fuchang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase; Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Executive function; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEL MUTATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPONSE INHIBITION; RESPONSE TIME; ASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860880257     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9717-y     Document Type: Article

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