BDNF val66met polymorphism influences age differences in microstructure of the corpus callosum

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2009, Pages

  Kennedy, Kristen M ^a   Rodrigue, Karen M ^a   Land, Susan J ^b   Raz, Naftali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Diffusion tensor imaging; Genetics; MRI; Single nucleotide polymorphism; White matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885947447     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.019.2009     Document Type: Article

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