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An association study on the polymorphisms of dopaminergic genes with working memory in a healthy Chinese Han population.
Cellular and molecular neurobiology - 1 Aug 2012
Gong Pingyuan, Zhang Hang, Chi Wanyu, Ge Wanhua, Zhang Kejin, Zheng Anyun, Gao Xiaocai, Zhang Fuchang
Abstract excerpt
Working memory (WM) is a highly heritable cognitive trait that is involved in many higher-level cognitive functions. In the past few years, much evidence has indicated that the reduction of dopamine activity in human brain can impair the WM system of the neuropsychiatric disorders. In this study, we hypothesized that some genes in the dopamine system were involved in the individual difference of the cognitive...
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