The COMT p.Val158Met Polymorphism and Cognitive Performance in Adult Development, Healthy Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 27-34

  Degen, Christina ^a   Zschocke, Johannes ^e   Toro, Pablo ^f   Sattler, Christine ^b   Wahl, Hans Werner ^b   Schönknecht, Peter ^d   Schröder, Johannes ^a,c  

^a Section of Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

^b Institute of Psychology Law and Public Policy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aging; Catechol O methyltransferase; Cognitive capacity; Cognitive flexibility; Dopamine; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; COGNITION; GENETICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84945157353     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000439585     Document Type: Article

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