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Dose-dependent genotype effects of BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on default mode network in early stage Alzheimer's disease.
Oncotarget - 23 Aug 2016
Lin Pin-Hsuan, Tsai Shih-Jen, Huang Chi-Wei, Mu-En Liu, Hsu Shih-Wei, Lee Chen-Chang, Chen Nai-Ching, Chang Ya-Ting, Lan Min-Yu, Chang Chiung-Chih
Abstract excerpt
In humans, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been shown to play a pivotal role in neurocognition, and its gene contains a functional polymorphism (Val66Met) that may explain individual differences in brain volume and memory-related activity.In this study, we enrolled 186 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients who underwent 3D T1 magnetic resonance imaging, and explored the gray matter (GM) structural...
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