BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and goal-directed behavior in healthy elderly - evidence from auditory distraction

NeuroImage

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 290-298

  Getzmann, Stephan ^a   Gajewski, Patrick D ^a   Hengstler, Jan G ^a   Falkenstein, Michael ^a   Beste, Christian ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; BDNF Val66Met polymorphism; EEG; Healthy elderly; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SENSORY MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CUES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84867456274     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.079     Document Type: Article

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