COMT val158met predicts reward responsiveness in humans

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 986-992

  Lancaster, T M ^a   Linden, D E ^b,c   Heerey, E A ^d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Genomics Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COMT; Decision making; Dopamine; Genetics; Individual differences; Reward; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON ANALOGUE RISK TASK; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSIVENESS; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; VALINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877002294     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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