Impact of BDNF Val66Met and 5-HTTLPR polymorphism variants on neural substrates related to sadness and executive function

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-359

  Wang, L ^a,b   Ashley Koch, A ^b   Steffens, D C ^b   Krishnan, K R R ^b,c   Taylor, W D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; BDNF; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; FMRI; Geriatric depression; Subgenual cingulate

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SADNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALLELES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VALINE;

EID: 84862777952     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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