Dosage effects of BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on cortical surface area and functional connectivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2645-2651

  Wang, Chao ^a   Zhang, Yuanchao ^a   Liu, Bing ^b   Long, Haixia ^b   Yu, Chunshui ^c   Jiang, Tianzi ^a,b,d  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^c TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior insula; Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Functional connectivity; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR INSULA; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF); FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; SURFACE AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893656439     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3501-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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