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Additive genetic effect of APOE and BDNF on hippocampus activity.
NeuroImage - 1 Apr 2014
Kauppi Karolina, Nilsson Lars-Göran, Persson Jonas, Nyberg Lars
Abstract excerpt
Human memory is a highly heritable polygenic trait with complex inheritance patterns. To study the genetics of memory and memory-related diseases, hippocampal functioning has served as an intermediate phenotype. The importance of investigating gene-gene effects on complex phenotypes has been emphasized, but most imaging studies still focus on single polymorphisms. APOE ε4 and BDNF Met, two of the most studied...
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