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Association study of a functional MAOA-uVNTR gene polymorphism and cognitive function in healthy females.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2005
Yu Younger W-Y, Tsai Shih-Jen, Hong Chen-Jee, Chen Ming-Chao, Yang Chih-Wei, Chen Tai-Jui
Abstract excerpt
Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) is a mitochondrial enzyme involved in the degradation of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine and these neurotransmitters are hypothesized to be involved in the cognitive function of humans. This study of a cohort of 191 healthy young Chinese females attempts to utilize the intelligence quotient (IQ), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) and P300 event-related potentials as cognitive...
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