Neurocognitive phenomics: Examining the genetic basis of cognitive abilities

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2027-2036

  Donohoe, G ^a   Deary, I J ^b   Glahn, D C ^c   Malhotra, A K ^d   Burdick, K E ^e  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; endophenotype; genetics; GWAS; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENDOPHENOTYPE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENDOPHENOTYPES; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84883313538     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712002656     Document Type: Article

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