BDNF polymorphisms are linked to poorer working memory performance, reduced cerebellar and hippocampal volumes and differences in prefrontal cortex in a Swedish elderly population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brooks, Samantha J ^a,b   Nilsson, Emil K ^a   Jacobsson, Josefin A ^a   Stein, Dan J ^b   Fredriksson, Robert ^a   Lind, Lars ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL FLUENCY TASK; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBELLUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897518914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082707     Document Type: Article

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