The impact of genetic research on our understanding of normal cognitive ageing: 1995 to 2009

A Payton - Neuropsychology review, 2009 - Springer
Identifying the risk factors for individual differences in age-related cognitive ability and
decline is amongst the greatest challenges facing the healthcare of older people. Cognitive …

The CREB1-BDNF-NTRK2 pathway in depression: multiple gene-cognition-environment interactions

G Juhasz, JS Dunham, S McKie, E Thomas… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The neuroplastic pathway, which includes cyclic adenosine
monophosphate response element-binding protein 1 (CREB1), brain-derived neurotrophic …

BDNF Val66Met and cognition: all, none, or some? A meta‐analysis of the genetic association

SD Mandelman, EL Grigorenko - Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Val66Met, G196A (rs6265) polymorphism in the brain‐derived neurotrophic factor gene,
BDNF, located at 11p13, has been associated with a wide range of cognitive functions. Yet …

Behavioural genetics of the serotonin transporter

K Haddley, VJ Bubb, G Breen… - Behavioral …, 2012 - Springer
The serotonin transporter is a key regulator of the bioavailability of serotonin and therefore
any modulation in the expression or action of the transporter would be expected to have …

Influence of brain-derived neurotrophic-factor and apolipoprotein E genetic variants on hippocampal volume and memory performance in healthy young adults

T Richter-Schmidinger, P Alexopoulos, M Horn… - Journal of neural …, 2011 - Springer
Unravelling the impact of genetic variants on clinical phenotypes is a challenging task.
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) play an important …

Characterization of a REST-regulated internal promoter in the schizophrenia genome-wide associated gene MIR137

A Warburton, G Breen, D Rujescu, VJ Bubb… - Schizophrenia …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
MIR137 has been identified as a candidate gene for schizophrenia from genome-wide
association studies via association with an intronic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) …

Ebbinghaus Revisited: Influences of the BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism on Backward Serial Recall Are Modulated by Human Aging

SC Li, C Chicherio, L Nyberg, T von Oertzen… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2010 - direct.mit.edu
The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an important role in activity-dependent
synaptic plasticity, which underlies learning and memory. In a sample of 948 younger and …

An Evaluation of a SVA Retrotransposon in the FUS Promoter as a Transcriptional Regulator and Its Association to ALS

AL Savage, TP Wilm, K Khursheed, A Shatunov… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Genetic mutations of FUS have been linked to many diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration. A primate specific and …

Role of RET genetic variants in MEN2-associated pheochromocytoma

DR Siqueira, L Ceolin, CV Ferreira… - European journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background RET polymorphisms have been involved in the clinical presentation and
prognosis of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2)-associated medullary thyroid …

REST, a master regulator of neurogenesis, evolved under strong positive selection in humans and in non human primates

A Mozzi, FR Guerini, D Forni, AS Costa, R Nemni… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The transcriptional repressor REST regulates many neuronal genes by binding RE1 motifs.
About one third of human RE1s are recently evolved and specific to primates. As changes in …