The influence of COMT Val158Met genotype on the character dimension cooperativeness in healthy females

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 515-520

  Baeken, Chris ^a,b,c   Claes, Stephan ^d   De Raedt, Rudi ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase; Cooperativeness; Personality

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; CHARACTER; GENETICS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHARACTER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904406930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.233     Document Type: Article

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