APOE e4 polymorphism in young adults is associated with improved attention and indexed by distinct neural signatures

NeuroImage

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 364-373

  Rusted, J M ^a   Evans, S L ^a   King, S L ^a   Dowell, N ^b   Tabet, N ^b   Tofts, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonistic pleiotropy; APOE; Attention; Cognitive performance; Imaging

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868235352     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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