Neuropsychopharmacology and neurogenetic aspects of executive functioning: Should reward gene polymorphisms constitute a diagnostic tool to identify individuals at risk for impaired judgment?

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-313

  Bowirrat, Abdalla ^a   Chen, Thomas J H ^b   Oscar Berman, Marlene ^c   Madigan, Margaret ^d   Chen, Amanda L H ^b   Bailey, John A ^e   Braverman, Eric R ^f,g   Kerner, Mallory ^g   Giordano, John ^h   Morse, Siobhan ^h   Downs, B William ^d   Waite, Roger L ^d   Fornari, Frank ⁱ   Armaly, Zaher ^a   Blum, Kenneth ^d,e,g,h  

^a Nazareth Hospital   (Israel)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Nutrigenomics and Personalized Medicine LifeGen Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g Path Foundation NY   (United States)

^h G and G Holistic Addiction Treatment Center   (United States)

ⁱ Dominion Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Executive functions; Genetics; Prefrontal cortex; Reward deficiency syndrome (RDS)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CANNABINOID; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMOTION; EPIGENETICS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84862810951     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-012-8247-z     Document Type: Review

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