Human Choline Transporter Gene Variation Is Associated with Corticolimbic Reactivity and Autonomic-Cholinergic Function
Biological PsychiatryPublished 30 July 2006
Serina A. Neumann, Sarah M. Brown, Robert E. Ferrell, Janine D. Flory, Stephen B. Manuck, Ahmad R. Hariri
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CHT1 variation is related to differences in a distributed corticolimbic circuitry mediating behavioral and physiologic arousal that may contribute to a biological mechanism by which genetic variation in cholinergic neurotransmission affects cognition, mood, and autonomic cardiac function.
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CHT1 variation is related to differences in a distributed corticolimbic circuitry mediating behavioral and physiologic arousal. These relations may contribute to a biological mechanism by which genetic variation in cholinergic neurotransmission affects cognition, mood, and autonomic cardiac function.
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