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Gender effects of the COMT Val 158 Met genotype on verbal fluency in healthy adults.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Sept 2013
Soeiro-De-Souza Marcio Gerhardt, Bio Danielle Soares, David Denise Petresco, Missio Giovani, Lima Bruno, Fernandes Fernando, Machado-Vieira Rodrigo, Moreno Ricardo Alberto
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Cognitive performance in healthy individuals is associated with gender differences in specific tests; a female advantage has been demonstrated in language tests, whereas a male advantage has been demonstrated in spatial relation examinations. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) mediates important cognitive domains and is influenced by dopamine (DA) activity. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs4680 in the...
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