Supporting the generalist genes hypothesis for intellectual ability/disability: The case of SNAP25

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 767-771

  Rizzi, T S ^a   Beunders, G ^a   Rizzu, P ^a   Sistermans, E ^a   Twisk, J W R ^a   van Mechelen, W ^a   Deijen, J B ^a   Meijers Heijboer, H ^a   Verhage, M ^a   Heutink, P ^a   Posthuma, D ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Genetic association; Intelligence; IQ; Mental Retardation

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAP 25 GENE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

EID: 84867337092     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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