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A genome-wide survey of human short-term memory.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Feb 2011
Papassotiropoulos A, Henke K, Stefanova E, Aerni A, Müller A, Demougin P, Vogler C, Sigmund J C, Gschwind L, Huynh K-D, Coluccia D, Mondadori C R, Hänggi J, Buchmann A, Kostic V, Novakovic I, van den Bussche H, Kaduszkiewicz H, Weyerer S, Bickel H, Riedel-Heller S, Pentzek M, Wiese B, Dichgans M, Wagner M, Jessen F, Maier W, de Quervain D J-F
Abstract excerpt
Recent advances in the development of high-throughput genotyping platforms allow for the unbiased identification of genes and genomic sequences related to heritable traits. In this study, we analyzed human short-term memory, which refers to the ability to remember information over a brief period of time and which has been found disturbed in many neuropsychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia and depression....
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