Common variants in the ARC gene are not associated with cognitive abilities

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Myrum, Craig ^a,b   Giddaluru, Sudheer ^a,b   Jacobsen, Kaya ^b   Espeseth, Thomas ^c,d   Nyberg, Lars ^f   Lundervold, Astri J ^b   Haavik, Jan ^b   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^e,f   Reinvang, Ivar ^c,d   Steen, Vidar M ^a,b   Johansson, Stefan ^b   Wibrand, Karin ^b   Le Hellard, Stephanie ^a,b   Bramham, Clive R ^b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity regulated cytoskeleton associated protein; Cognition; Genetics; Memory; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARC GENE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84945218154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.376     Document Type: Article

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