Brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val 66 met polymorphism affects resting regional cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity differentially in women versus men

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7074-7081

  Wei, Shau Ming ^a,b   Eisenberg, Daniel P ^a   Kohn, Philip D ^a   Kippenhan, Jonathan S ^a   Kolachana, Bhaskar S ^a   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a,c   Berman, Karen F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SEX; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84861131741     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5375-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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