Comment on 'Large-Scale Cognitive GWAS Meta-Analysis Reveals Tissue-Specific Neural Expression and Potential Nootropic Drug Targets' by Lam et al.

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 84-88

  Hill, W David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcium channel; cerebellum; gene expression; general cognitive ability; GWAS; neurodevelopment; nootropics; potassium channel; synapse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; COGNITION;

NOOTROPIC AGENT;

COGNITION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 85044194590     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2018.12     Document Type: Article

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