Brain white matter structure and COMT gene are linked to second-language learning in adults

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 26, 2016, Pages 7249-7254

  Mamiya, Ping C ^a   Richards, Todd L ^b   Coe, Bradley P ^a   Eichler, Evan E ^a   Kuhl, Patricia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Genetic variation; Short term plasticity

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHINESE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976866352     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606602113     Document Type: Article

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