Association of MTHFR C677T polymorphism with loneliness but not depression in cognitively normal elderly males

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 521, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-91

  Lan, Wen Hsuan ^a   Yang, Albert C ^a,b   Hwang, Jen Ping ^a,b   Hong, Chen Jee ^a,b   Liou, Ying Jay ^a,b   Yeh, Heng Liang ^c   Liu, Mu En ^d   Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taipei Veterans Home ^*  (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Loneliness; MTHFR; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84862598919     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.05.065     Document Type: Article

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