COMT and ANKK1-Taq-Ia Genetic Polymorphisms Influence Visual Working Memory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Berryhill, Marian E ^a   Wiener, Martin ^b   Stephens, Jaclyn A ^a   Lohoff, Falk W ^b   Coslett, H Branch ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHIONINE; PROTEIN ANKK1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ADULT; ANKK1 GENE; ARTICLE; COMT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTOR DENSITY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873144473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055862     Document Type: Article

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