Cognitive performance and BMI in childhood: Shared genetic influences between reaction time but not response inhibition

Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2312-2318

  Frazier Wood, Alexis C ^a   Carnell, Susan ^b   Pena, Oscar ^c   Hughes, Sheryl O ^a   O'Connor, Teresia M ^a   Asherson, Philip ^d   Kuntsi, Jonna ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMMISSION ERROR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN REACTION TIME; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; REACTION TIME; REACTION TIME VARIABILITY; RESPONSE INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTIVE INHIBITION; TWINS;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COGNITION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; REACTION TIME; REACTIVE INHIBITION; TWINS;

EID: 84910154777     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20862     Document Type: Article

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