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Executive subprocesses in working memory: relationship to catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype and schizophrenia.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Sept 2003
Goldberg Terry E, Egan Michael F, Gscheidle Tonya, Coppola Richard, Weickert Thomas, Kolachana Bhaskar S, Goldman David, Weinberger Daniel R
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BACKGROUND: Cognitive dysfunction in the working memory domain seems to be under genetic control and is a candidate intermediate phenotype in schizophrenia. Genes that affect working memory processing may contribute to risk for schizophrenia. METHODS: Working memory and attentional processing were assessed in a large and unselected sample of schizophrenic patients, their healthy siblings, and controls (N = 250)....
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