Functional connectivity in healthy subjects is nonlinearly modulated by the COMT and DRD2 polymorphisms in a functional system-dependent manner

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 17519-17526

  Tian, Tian ^a   Qin, Wen ^a   Liu, Bing ^b   Jiang, Tianzi ^b,c,d   Yu, Chunshui ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886713489     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2163-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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