Gene–Environment Interplay in Physical, Psychological, and Cognitive Domains in Mid to Late Adulthood: Is APOE a Variability Gene?

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-19

  Reynolds, Chandra A ^a   Gatz, Margaret ^b,c   Christensen, Kaare ^d,e   Christiansen, Lene ^d   Dahl Aslan, Anna K ^c,f   Kaprio, Jaakko ^g   Korhonen, Tellervo ^g,h   Kremen, William S ⁱ   Krueger, Robert ^j   McGue, Matt ^d,j   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^k   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^k PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

APOE; BMI; Cognitive performance; Depression; Gene environment interaction; Twins; Variability gene

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E22; APOLIPOPROTEIN E23; APOLIPOPROTEIN E24; APOLIPOPROTEIN E33; APOLIPOPROTEIN E34; APOLIPOPROTEIN E44; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPATIAL MEMORY; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; VERBAL MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84958166807     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-015-9761-3     Document Type: Article

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