Association of abstinence-induced alterations in working memory function and COMT genotype in smokers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 230, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 653-662

  Ashare, Rebecca L ^a   Valdez, Jeffrey N ^a   Ruparel, Kosha ^a   Albelda, Benjamin ^a   Hopson, Ryan D ^a   Keefe, John R ^a   Loughead, James ^a   Lerman, Caryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; COMT; fMRI; Genetic; Nicotine; Smoking; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; COMT GENE; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890425877     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3197-3     Document Type: Article

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