Human cognitive ability is influenced by genetic variation in components of postsynaptic signalling complexes assembled by NMDA receptors and MAGUK proteins

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hill, W D ^a   Davies, G ^a   Van De Lagemaat, L N ^b   Christoforou, A ^c,d   Marioni, R E ^a,e   Fernandes, C P D ^c,d   Liewald, D C ^a   Croning, M D R ^b   Payton, A ^f   Craig, L C A ^g   Whalley, L J ^g   Horan, M ^f   Ollier, W ^f   Hansell, N K ^h   Wright, M J ^h   Martin, N G ^h   Montgomery, G W ^h   Steen, V M ^c,d   Le Hellard, S ^c,d   Espeseth, T ^i,j   Lundervold, A J ^d,k   Reinvang, I ⁱ   Starr, J M ^a   Pendleton, N ^f   Grant, S G N ^b   Bates, T C ^a   Deary, I J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^h QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^j OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k STATOIL   (Norway)

more..

Author keywords

GWAS; Intelligence; NMDA RC; Pathway analysis; Synapse

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE CYCLASE KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; GUANYLATE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GUANYLATE KINASE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOMICS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84893380809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.114     Document Type: Article

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