The deletion variant of α2b-adrenergic receptor is associated with decreased risk in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 328, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 19-23

  Koutroumani, Maria ^a   Daniilidou, Makrina ^a   Giannakouros, Thomas ^a   Proitsi, Petroula ^b   Liapi, Despina ^a   Germanou, Antonia ^a   Nikolakaki, Eleni ^a   Tsolaki, Magda ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADRA2B polymorphisms; Alzheimer's disease; APOE polymorphisms; Emotional memory

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GENOMIC DNA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84876143103     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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