Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) influences the connectivity of the prefrontal cortex at rest

NeuroImage

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-54

  Tunbridge, Elizabeth M ^a   Farrell, Sarah M ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a   Mackay, Clare E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine; FMRI; Polymorphism; Prefrontal cortex; Resting state network; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAY MATTER; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871654334     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.11.059     Document Type: Article

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