Genetic modulation of neural response during working memory in healthy individuals: Interaction of glucocorticoid receptor and dopaminergic genes

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-182

  El Hage, W ^a,b   Phillips, M L ^c,d   Radua, J ^b,e   Gohier, B ^f   Zelaya, F O ^b   Collier, D A ^b   Surguladze, S A ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^f ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Cygnet Health Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COMT; fMRI; glucocorticoid receptor gene; n back; working memory

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CATABOLISM; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SPIN LABELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIN D1; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873058336     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.145     Document Type: Article

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