Age modulates the effect of COMT genotype on delay discounting behavior

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-617

  Smith, Christopher T ^a   Boettiger, Charlotte A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Decision making; Delay discounting; Development; Dopamine; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATECHOL O METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84864454916     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2653-9     Document Type: Article

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