The COMT Val/Met polymorphism modulates effects of tDCS on response inhibition

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-288

  Nieratschker, Vanessa ^a   Kiefer, Christoph ^a   Giel, Katrin ^b   Krüger, Rejko ^c,d   Plewnia, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Catechol O methyltransferase; COMT; Dopamine; Genetics; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GENETICS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922810137     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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