Evidence of MAOA genotype involvement in spatial ability in males

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 267, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-110

  Mueller, Sven C ^a,b   Cornwell, Brian R ^c   Grillon, Christian ^b   MacIntyre, Jessica ^b   Gorodetsky, Elena ^b   Goldman, David ^d   Pine, Daniel S ^b   Ernst, Monique ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene; Learning; Monoamine oxidase; Spatial memory; Spatial navigation; Virtual maze

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); MONOAMINE OXIDASE A, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAOA GENE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897537165     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.03.025     Document Type: Article

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