GRIN2B mediates susceptibility to intelligence quotient and cognitive impairments in developmental dyslexia

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-20

  Mascheretti, Sara ^a   Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b   Giorda, Roberto ^a   Beri, Silvana ^a   Riva, Valentina ^a   Trezzi, Vittoria ^a   Cellino, Maria R ^c   Marino, Cecilia ^a,d,e  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ULSS 20   (Italy)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

association study; developmental dyslexia; developmental dyslexia related neuropsychological traits; gene by environment interaction; GRIN2B; N methyl D aspartate receptors

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA; DYSLEXIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84920117936     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: 14735873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0000000000000068     Document Type: Article

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