The Met-genotype of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism is associated with reduced Stroop interference in elderly

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3554-3563

  Gajewski, Patrick D ^a   Hengstler, Jan G ^a   Golka, Klaus ^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

BDNF polymorphism; ERP; Genetic imaging; Interference; N450; Stroop

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; METHIONINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; VALINE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84868483371     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.09.042     Document Type: Article

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