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COMT val108/158 met genotype affects neural but not cognitive processing in healthy individuals.
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) - 1 Mar 2010
Dennis Nancy A, Need Anna C, LaBar Kevin S, Waters-Metenier Sheena, Cirulli Elizabeth T, Kragel James, Goldstein David B, Cabeza Roberto
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The relationship between cognition and a functional polymorphism in the catechol-O-methlytransferase (COMT) gene, val108/158met, is one of debate in the literature. Furthermore, based on the dopaminergic differences associated with the COMT val108/158met genotype, neural differences during cognition may be present, regardless of genotypic differences in cognitive performance. To investigate these issues the...
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