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Poorer cognitive performance in humans with mild cognitive impairment carrying the T variant of the Glu/Asp NOS3 polymorphism.
Neuroscience letters - 18 Mar 2004
Solé-Padullés Cristina, Bartrés-Faz David, Junqué Carme, Via Marc, Matarín Mar, González-Pérez Emili, Moral Pedro, Moya Antoni, Clemente Immaculada C
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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transitional state between normal aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is a high-risk condition for dementia. The endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) gene encodes endothelial NOS, an enzyme that regulates the production of the vasodilatory nitric oxide associated with the cerebral small vessel pathology observed in early AD. We studied the distribution of genotype and...
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