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Epistatic interaction of BDNF and COMT on the frontostriatal system.
Neuroscience - 9 Jul 2015
Wang C, Liu B, Long H, Fan L, Li J, Zhang X, Qiu C, Yu C, Jiang T
Abstract excerpt
The frontostriatal system plays a critical role in emotional and cognitive control. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) influences the release of dopamine (DA) in the ventral striatum (VST), while catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) impacts DA availability in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Beh...
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