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Gene-environment interaction on cognition: a twin study of childhood maltreatment and COMT variability.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jul 2013
Goldberg Ximena, Fatjó-Vilas Mar, Alemany Silvia, Nenadic Igor, Gastó Cristobal, Fañanás Lourdes
Abstract excerpt
The functional variant Val(158)Met in the coding sequence of COMT gene is involved in the modulation of dopamine availability in the prefrontal cortex in both clinical and general population samples. It has been suggested that the interplay between this genotype and early environmental factors could be used to predict the observed variation in cognitive flexibility. However, other genetic variants and...
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