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BDNF val66met genotype and schizotypal personality traits interact to influence probabilistic association learning.
Behavioural brain research - 1 Nov 2014
Skilleter Ashley Jayne, Weickert Cynthia Shannon, Moustafa Ahmed Abdelhalim, Gendy Rasha, Chan Mico, Arifin Nur, Mitchell Philip Bowden, Weickert Thomas Wesley
Abstract excerpt
The brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) val66met polymorphism rs6265 influences learning and may represent a risk factor for schizophrenia. Healthy people with high schizotypal personality traits display cognitive deficits that are similar to but not as severe as those observed in schizophrenia and they can be studied without confounds of antipsychotics or chronic illness. How genetic variation in BDNF may...
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