Sex differences in COMT polymorphism effects on prefrontal inhibitory control in adolescence

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2560-2569

  White, Thomas P ^a   Loth, Eva ^b   Rubia, Katya ^a   Krabbendam, Lydia ^c   Whelan, Robert ^a,e   Banaschewski, Tobias ^f   Barker, Gareth J ^a   Bokde, Arun L W ^g   Büchel, Christian ^h   Conrod, Patricia ^a,i   Fauth Bühler, Mira ^f   Flor, Herta ^f   Frouin, Vincent ^j   Gallinat, Jürgen ^k   Garavan, Hugh ^d,e   Gowland, Penny ^l   Heinz, Andreas ^k   Ittermann, Bernd ^m   Lawrence, Claire ^l   Mann, Karl ^f   Paillère, Marie Laure ^n,o   Nees, Frauke ^d   Paus, Tomas ^l,p,q   Pausova, Zdenka ^r   Rietschel, Marcella ^f   Robbins, Trevor ^s   Smolka, Michael N ^t   Shergill, Sukhwinder S ^a   Schumann, Gunter ^b   more..

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^j DIF   (France)

^k CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^m PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

ⁿ INSERM   (France)

^o UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^q MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^r HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^t DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84939880093     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2014.107     Document Type: Article

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