A genome-wide association study implicates the APOE locus in nonpathological cognitive ageing

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-87

  Davies, G ^a   Harris, S E ^a   Reynolds, C A ^b   Payton, A ^c   Knight, H M ^d   Liewald, D C ^a   Lopez, L M ^a   Luciano, M ^a   Gow, A J ^a   Corley, J ^a   Henderson, R ^a   Murray, C ^a   Pattie, A ^a   Fox, H C ^e   Redmond, P ^a   Lutz, M W ^f,g   Chiba Falek, O ^f,g   Linnertz, C ^f   Saith, S ^f   Haggarty, P ^h   McNeill, G ^e   Ke, X ⁱ   Ollier, W ^c   Horan, M ^c   Roses, A D ^f,g,j   Ponting, C P ^d   Porteous, D J ^a   Tenesa, A ^k,l   Pickles, A ^m   Starr, J M ^a   Whalley, L J ^e   Pedersen, N L ^n,o   Pendleton, N ^c   Visscher, P M ^p,q   Deary, I J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^m KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

APOE; cognitive ageing; genetics; GWAS; TOMM40

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CARRIER PROTEIN; TRANSLOCASE OF THE OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 40 HOMOLOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGING; APOE GENE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOMM40 GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGING; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84891147769     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.159     Document Type: Article

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