GWAS-based pathway analysis differentiates between fluid and crystallized intelligence

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 663-674

  Christoforou, A ^a,b   Espeseth, T ^c,d   Davies, G ^e,f   Fernandes, C P D ^a,b   Giddaluru, S ^a,b   Mattheisen, M ^g,h   Tenesa, A ^i,j   Harris, S E ^e,f   Liewald, D C ^e   Payton, A ^k   Ollier, W ^k   Horan, M ^l   Pendleton, N ^l   Haggarty, P ^m   Djurovic, S ^d   Herms, S ^g,n   Hoffman, P ^g,n,o   Cichon, S ^a,g,n,o   Starr, J M ^e   Lundervold, A ^a,p   Reinvang, I ^c   Steen, V M ^a,b   Deary, I J ^e   Le Hellard, S ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^m ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^o FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^p Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital   (Norway)

more..

Author keywords

GWAS; Crystallized intelligence; Fluid intelligence; Gene based analysis; Pathway analysis

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTELLIGENCE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84907856360     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12152     Document Type: Article

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