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Brain volumes and Val66Met polymorphism of the BDNF gene: local or global effects?
Brain structure & function - 1 Oct 2009
Toro Roberto, Chupin Marie, Garnero Line, Leonard Gabriel, Perron Michel, Pike Bruce, Pitiot Alain, Richer Louis, Veillette Suzanne, Pausova Zdenka, Paus Tomás
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A common Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) gene coding the Val66Met substitution in the pro-BDNF protein has been associated with a number of behavioural and neuroanatomical phenotypes; the latter include, for example, regional differences in volumes o...
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