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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969593703321

Titolo

The genetics of cognitive neuroscience / / edited by Terry E. Goldberg and Daniel R. Weinberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612694493

9781282694491

1282694499

9780262259637

026225963X

9780262258821

026225882X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Issues in clinical and cognitive neuropsychology

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldbergTerry E

WeinbergerDaniel R (Daniel Roy)

Disciplina

612.8

Soggetti

Neurogenetics

Cognitive neuroscience

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; I Methodologies for Genetic Association Studies of Cognition; 1 Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics; 2 Statistical Methods in Neuropsychiatric Genetics; 3 Animal Models of Genetic Effects on Cognition; II Genetic Approaches to Individual Differences in Cognition and Affective Regulation; 4 The Genetics of Intelligence; 5 Candidate Genes Associated with Attention and Cognitive Control; 6 Genetics of Corticolimbic Function and Emotional Reactivity; 7 Genes Associated with Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging

III Genetic Studies of Cognition and Treatment Response in Neuropsychiatric Disease8 Genetics of Dyslexia; 9 Cognitive Intermediate Phenotypes in Schizophrenia Genetics; 10 The Genetic Basis for the Cognitive Deterioration of Alzheimer's Disease; 11 Pharmacogenetic Approaches to Neurocognition in Schizophrenia; Contributors; Index



Sommario/riassunto

A primer on understanding the influence of specific genetic variants on cognition, affective regulation, personality, and central nervous system disorders.