Associations between TCF4 gene polymorphism and cognitive functions in schizophrenia patients and healthy controls

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 683-689

  Zhu, Xianghua ^a   Gu, Huang ^b   Liu, Zhen ^b   Xu, Zhansheng ^b   Chen, Xiongying ^b   Sun, Xiaochen ^b   Zhai, Jinguo ^c   Zhang, Qiumei ^c   Chen, Min ^c   Wang, Keqin ^c   Deng, Xiaoxiang ^b   Ji, Feng ^c   Liu, Chuanxin ^a,c   Li, Jun ^b   Dong, Qi ^b   Chen, Chuansheng ^d  

^a Oriental People's Hospital of Xuzhou   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; polymorphism; schizophrenia; TCF4; working memory

Indexed keywords

T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873730516     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2012.234     Document Type: Article

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