Common genetic variation of the APOE gene and personality

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Montag, Christian ^a   Kunz, Lukas ^a,b   Axmacher, Nikolai ^a,b   Sariyska, Rayna ^a   Lachmann, Bernd ^a   Reuter, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

APOE lunate 4; Apolipoprotein; Molecular genetics; Personality

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGREEABLENESS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; OPENNESS; PERSONALITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901694249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-15-64     Document Type: Article

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