An association study on the polymorphisms of dopaminergic genes with working memory in a healthy Chinese Han population

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1011-1019

  Gong, Pingyuan ^a,b   Zhang, Hang ^a   Chi, Wanyu ^a   Ge, Wanhua ^a   Zhang, Kejin ^a   Zheng, Anyun ^a   Gao, Xiaocai ^a   Zhang, Fuchang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital working memory; Dopamine system; Functional variant; Spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMT GENE; DAT1 GENE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRD1 GENE; DRD2 GENE; DRD3 GENE; DRD4 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DOPAMINE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864701746     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-012-9817-3     Document Type: Article

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