Neurocognitive disturbances associated with acute infectious mononucleosis, Ross River fever and Q fever: A preliminary investigation of inflammatory and genetic correlates

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-214

  Cvejic, Erin ^a   Lemon, Jim ^a   Hickie, Ian B ^b   Lloyd, Andrew R ^a   Vollmer Conna, Uté ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute sickness response; Executive functioning; Genetic vulnerability; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Neurocognitive performance; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEOSIS; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; ROSS RIVER VIRUS FEVER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRUS INFECTION; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE SICKNESS RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; GENETIC VULNERABILITY; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; NEUROCOGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; POLYMORPHISMS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; Q FEVER; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891837206     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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