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Variation in GRIN2B contributes to weak performance in verbal short-term memory in children with dyslexia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Mar 2010
Ludwig Kerstin U, Roeske Darina, Herms Stefan, Schumacher Johannes, Warnke Andreas, Plume Ellen, Neuhoff Nina, Bruder Jennifer, Remschmidt Helmut, Schulte-Körne Gerd, Müller-Myhsok Bertram, Nöthen Markus M, Hoffmann Per
Abstract excerpt
A multi-marker haplotype within GRIN2B, a gene coding for a subunit of the ionotropic glutamate receptor, has recently been found to be associated with variation in human memory performance [de Quervain and Papassotiropoulos, 2006]. The gene locus is located within a region that has been linked to a phonological memory phenotype in a recent genome scan in families with dyslexia [Brkanac et al., 2008]. These...
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