Aging magnifies the effects of dopamine transporter and D2 receptor genes on backward serial memory

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 358.e1-358.e10

  Li, Shu Chen ^a,b   Papenberg, Goran ^a   Nagel, Irene E ^c   Preuschhof, Claudia ^c   Schröder, Julia ^d   Nietfeld, Wilfried ^d   Bertram, Lars ^d   Heekeren, Hauke R ^c   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a   Bäckman, Lars ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; DAT; Dopamine; DRD2; Episodic memory; Genetics; Serial recall; SLC6A3

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868127823     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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