Influences of COMT and 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms on cognitive flexibility in healthy women: Inhibition of prepotent responses and memory updating

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Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Weiss, Elisabeth M ^a   Schulter, Günter ^a   Fink, Andreas ^a   Reiser, Eva M ^a   Mittenecker, Erich ^a   Niederstätter, Harald ^b   Nagl, Simone ^b   Parson, Walther ^b   Papousek, Ilona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

5 HTTLPR GENE; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908416846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085506     Document Type: Article

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