Associations of cigarette smoking and polymorphisms in brain-derived neurotrophic factor and catechol-O-methyltransferase with neurocognition in alcohol dependent individuals during early abstinence

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 3 OCT, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Durazzo, Timothy C ^a,b   Hutchison, Kent E ^c   Fryer, Susanna L ^a,b   Mon, Anderson ^a,b   Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Catechol o methyltransferase; Cigarette smoking; Neurocognition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR GENE; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 84870746878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2012.00178     Document Type: Article

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