NR4A2: Effects of an orphan receptor on sustained attention in a schizophrenic population

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 555-563

  Ancín, Inés ^a   Cabranes, José A ^b,c   Vázquez Álvarez, Blanca ^a   Santos, José Luis ^d   Sánchez Morla, Eva ^d   Alaerts, Maaike ^e   Del Favero, Jurgen ^e   Barabash, Ana ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA DEL HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS IDISSC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

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

^d Virgen de la Luz Hospital   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cognition; dopamine; genetics; haplotype; neuropsychology; neuroscience

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSIBILITY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 2; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84876513976     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr176     Document Type: Article

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