Cognition Disorders - Genetics
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Altered effect of dopamine transporter 3'UTR VNTR genotype on prefrontal and striatal function in schizophrenia.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: The dopamine transporter plays a key role in the regulation of central dopaminergic transmission, which modulates cognitive processing. Disrupted dopamine function and impaired executive processing are robust features of schizophrenia. ... Read more...

An integrated systems analysis implicates EGR1 downregulation in simian immunodeficiency virus encephalitis-induced neural dysfunction.

5 Oct 2009 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated dementia (HAD) is a syndrome occurring in HIV-infected patients with advanced disease that likely develops as a result of macrophage and microglial activation as well as other immune events triggered by ... Read more...

Addressing Alzheimer's disease tangles: from NAP to AL-108.

29 Sep 2009 AL-108 is the intranasal formulation of NAP (a peptide of eight amino acids, NAPVSIPQ). Phase IIa clinical results have recently shown that AL-108 has a positive impact on memory function in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cognition Disorders - Genetics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Altered effect of dopamine transporter 3'UTR VNTR genotype on prefrontal and striatal function in schizophrenia. 30 Oct 2009
• An integrated systems analysis implicates EGR1 downregulation in simian immunodeficiency virus encephalitis-induced neural dysfunction. 5 Oct 2009
• Addressing Alzheimer's disease tangles: from NAP to AL-108. 29 Sep 2009
• Influence of NOS1 on verbal intelligence and working memory in both patients with schizophrenia and healthy control subjects. 29 Sep 2009
• Current Alzheimer's disease clinical trials: methods and placebo outcomes. 30 Aug 2009
• "Below average" self-assessed school performance and Alzheimer's disease in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study. 30 Aug 2009
• Identification of ataxia-associated mtDNA mutations (m.4052T>C and m.9035T>C) and evaluation of their pathogenicity in transmitochondrial cybrids. 30 Aug 2009
• Is ApoE epsilon4 associated with cognitive functioning in African Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease? An exploratory study. 30 Aug 2009
• Cognitive impairment and reduced life span of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy homozygotes. 23 Aug 2009
• Dementia in SPG4 hereditary spastic paraplegia: clinical, genetic, and neuropathologic evidence. 2 Aug 2009
• Current concepts of mild cognitive impairment and their applicability to persons at-risk for familial Alzheimer's disease. 30 Jul 2009
• From rolandic epilepsy to continuous spike-and-waves during sleep and Landau-Kleffner syndromes: insights into possible genetic factors. 30 Jul 2009
• Progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease: effects of sex, butyrylcholinesterase genotype, and rivastigmine treatment. 30 Jul 2009
• Homocysteine and cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: a biochemical, neuroimaging, and genetic study. 28 Jul 2009
• Odor identification deficit as a predictor of five-year global cognitive change: interactive effects with age and ApoE-epsilon4. 23 Jul 2009
• Cognitive impairment risk: white matter hyperintensity progression matters. 12 Jul 2009
• Deletion of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene improves cognitive deficits and synaptic pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. 6 Jul 2009
• A triplet repeat expansion genetic mouse model of infantile spasms syndrome, Arx(GCG)10+7, with interneuronopathy, spasms in infancy, persistent seizures, and adult cognitive and behavioral impairment. 6 Jul 2009
• Ring chromosome 20 syndrome: a link between epilepsy onset and neuropsychological impairment in three children. 30 Jun 2009
• [Apolipoprotein e polymorphism and cognitive function change of the elderly in a rural area, Korea] 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Cognition Disorders'

Definition: Disturbances in the mental process related to thinking, reasoning, and judgment.

Descriptor UI: D003072

Alternative terms: Cognition Disorders; Disorder, Cognition; Disorders, Cognition; Overinclusion;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.087.250;

History Note: 69