Genetic polymorphisms influence recovery from traumatic brain injury

Neuroscientist

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 631-644

  Weaver, Starla M ^a   Chau, Aileen ^a   Portelli, Jaclyn N ^a   Grafman, Jordan ^a  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; genetics; polymorphisms; social cognition; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 6 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DAMAGE; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STOP CODON; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84867833920     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858411435706     Document Type: Review

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