Variation in the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRHR1) gene modulates age effects on working memory

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-63

  Grimm, Simone ^a,c   Gärtner, Matti ^a,b   Fuge, Philipp ^a,b   Fan, Yan ^a   Weigand, Anne ^a,b   Feeser, Melanie ^a   Aust, Sabine ^a,b   Heekeren, Hauke R ^a   Jacobs, Arthur ^a   Heuser, Isabella ^a,b   Bajbouj, Malek ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; CRHR1 gene; Hippocampus; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERY ELDERLY; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921609771     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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