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Ira D, Snively BM, Espeland MA, Shumaker SA, Rapp SR, Goveas JS, Casanova RL, Jean WW, Manson JE, Rebecca R, Janet B, Hernandez DG, Singleton AB, Resnick SM. A candidate gene study of risk for dementia in older, postmenopausal women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2019; 34:692-699. [PMID: 30706571 PMCID: PMC6608707 DOI: 10.1002/gps.5068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE While a number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or cognitive impairment have been identified, independent replications remain the only way to validate proposed signals. We investigated SNPs in candidate genes associated with either cognitive impairment or AD pathogenesis and their relationships with probable dementia (PD) in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS). METHODS We analyzed 96 SNPs across five genes (APOE/TOMM40, BDNF, COMT, SORL1, and KIBRA) in 2857 women (ages ≥65) from the WHIMS randomized trials of hormone therapy using a custom Illumina GoldenGate assay; 19% of the sample were MCI (N = 165) or PD (N = 387), and the remaining 81% were free of cognitive impairment. SNP associations were evaluated for PD in non-Hispanic whites adjusting for age and HT using logistic regression under an additive genetic model. RESULTS One SNP (rs157582), located in the TOMM40 gene nearby APOE, was associated with the PD phenotype based on a P value accounting for multiple comparisons. An additional 12 SNPs were associated with the PD phenotype at P ≤ 0.05 (APOE: rs405509, rs439401; TOMM40: rs8106922, and KIBRA: rs4320284, rs11740112, rs10040267, rs13171394, rs6555802, rs2241368, rs244904, rs6555805, and rs10475878). Results of the sensitivity analyes excluding MCI were similar, with addition of COMT rs737865 and BDNF rs1491850 (P ≤ 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our results in older women provide supporting evidence that the APOE/TOMM40 genes confer dementia risk and extend these findings to COMT, BDNF, and KIBRA. Our findings may lead to a better understanding of the role these genes play in cognition and cognitive impairment.
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- Driscoll Ira
- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
- Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, Minneapolis, MN
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD
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Chang CC, Tsai SJ, Chen NC, Huang CW, Hsu SW, Chang YT, Liu ME, Chang WN, Tsai WC, Lee CC. Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Val158Met Polymorphism on Striatum Structural Covariance Networks in Alzheimer's Disease. Mol Neurobiol 2017; 55:4637-4649. [PMID: 28707072 PMCID: PMC5948254 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0668-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The catechol-O-methyltransferase enzyme metabolizes dopamine in the prefrontal axis, and its genetic polymorphism (rs4680; Val158Met) is a known determinant of dopamine signaling. In this study, we investigated the possible structural covariance networks that may be modulated by this functional polymorphism in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Structural covariance networks were constructed by 3D T1 magnetic resonance imaging. The patients were divided into two groups: Met-carriers (n = 91) and Val-homozygotes (n = 101). Seed-based analysis was performed focusing on triple-network models and six striatal networks. Neurobehavioral scores served as the major outcome factors. The role of seed or peak cluster volumes, or a covariance strength showing Met-carriers > Val-homozygotes were tested for the effect on dopamine. Clinically, the Met-carriers had higher mental manipulation and hallucination scores than the Val-homozygotes. The volume-score correlations suggested the significance of the putaminal seed in the Met-carriers and caudate seed in the Val-homozygotes. Only the dorsal-rostral and dorsal-caudal putamen interconnected peak clusters showed covariance strength interactions (Met-carriers > Val-homozygotes), and the peak clusters also correlated with the neurobehavioral scores. Although the triple-network model is important for a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, our results validated the role of the dorsal-putaminal-anchored network by the catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism in predicting the severity of cognitive and behavior in subjects with Alzheimer’s disease.
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- Chiung-Chih Chang
- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, #123, Ta-Pei Road, Niaosung, Kaohsiung, 833, Taiwan.
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- Psychiatric Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Psychiatric Division, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, #123, Ta-Pei Road, Niaosung, Kaohsiung, 833, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, #123, Ta-Pei Road, Niaosung, Kaohsiung, 833, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, #123, Ta-Pei Road, Niaosung, Kaohsiung, 833, Taiwan
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- Psychiatric Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, #123, Ta-Pei Road, Niaosung, Kaohsiung, 833, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, #123, Ta-Pei Road, Niaosung, Kaohsiung, 833, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Costa DDS, de Paula JJ, Alvim-Soares AM, Pereira PA, Malloy-Diniz LF, Rodrigues LOC, Romano-Silva MA, de Miranda DM. COMT Val(158)Met Polymorphism Is Associated with Verbal Working Memory in Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Front Hum Neurosci 2016; 10:334. [PMID: 27458360 PMCID: PMC4932101 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is a neurogenetic disease marked by multiple cognitive and learning problems. Genetic variants may account for phenotypic variance in NF1. Here, we investigated the association between the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val(158)Met polymorphism and working memory and arithmetic performance in 50 NF1 individuals. A significant association of the COMT polymorphism was observed only with verbal working memory, as measured by the backward digit-span task with an advantageous performance for Met/Met carriers. To study how genetic modifiers influence NF1 cognitive performance might be of importance to decrease the unpredictability of the cognitive profile among NF1 patients.
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- Danielle de Souza Costa
- Postgraduate Program in Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology of Molecular MedicineBelo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Neurofibromatosis Outpatient Reference Center, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology of Molecular MedicineBelo Horizonte, Brazil
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- National Institute of Science and Technology of Molecular MedicineBelo Horizonte, Brazil
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
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Shibata N, Nagata T, Tagai K, Shinagawa S, Ohnuma T, Kawai E, Kasanuki K, Shimazaki H, Toda A, Tagata Y, Nakada T, Nakayama K, Yamada H, Arai H. Association between the catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism Val158Met and Alzheimer's disease in a Japanese population. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2015; 30:927-33. [PMID: 25491588 DOI: 10.1002/gps.4237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) plays an important role in dopamine degradation, which is associated with the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and alcoholism. A functional COMT polymorphism, Val158Met (rs4680 G > A), affects the onset of AD and is associated with alcohol dependence through dopamine receptor sensitivity in the prefrontal cortex. METHODS The aim of this case-control study (398 cases and 149 controls) was to investigate whether Val158Met polymorphism influences the onset of AD stratified according to alcohol consumption and apolipoprotein E (APOE) status. We also used single photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) to analyse 26 patients with AD with the polymorphism. RESULTS As a function of APOE status, the genotypic frequencies of rs4680 in patients with AD did not differ from those in controls. We detected a significant association between high alcohol consumption in patients with AD (HAC-AD group) and the polymorphism in genotypic and allelic frequencies. Logistic regression analyses demonstrated that the presence of the APOE genotype with rs4680 increased the risk for HAC-AD synergistically. Hyperperfusion in the right sub-lobar insula of patients with the G/G genotype was found compared with that of patients with the G/A genotype. SPECT studies showed a relationship between the polymorphism and compensatory reactions for dysfunctions of dopaminergic neurotransmission in AD pathophysiology. CONCLUSION Although genetic association between the polymorphism and the onset of AD in a Japanese population were not observed, the polymorphism affected the risk for HAC-AD.
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- Nobuto Shibata
- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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COMT Val158Met and PPARγ Pro12Ala polymorphisms and susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease: a meta-analysis. Neurol Sci 2014; 35:643-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-1645-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Xing Y, Jia J, Ji X, Tian T. Estrogen associated gene polymorphisms and their interactions in the progress of Alzheimer's disease. Prog Neurobiol 2013; 111:53-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2013.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Revised: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lack of association between COMT Val158Met polymorphism and late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Han Chinese. Neurosci Lett 2013; 554:162-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Revised: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Malloy-Diniz LF, Lage GM, Campos SB, de Paula JJ, de Souza Costa D, Romano-Silva MA, de Miranda DM, Correa H. Association between the Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158met polymorphism and different dimensions of impulsivity. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73509. [PMID: 24039968 PMCID: PMC3769314 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Impulsivity is a multidimensional construct which has been associated with dopaminergic neurotransmission. Nonetheless, until this moment, few studies addressed the relationship between different types of impulsivity and the single nucleotide polymorphism caused by a substitution of valine (val) with methionine (met) in the 158 codon of the Catechol-o-Methyltransferase gene (COMT-val158met). The present study aimed to investigate the association between val158met COMT polymorphism and impulsive behavior measured by two neuropsychological tests. Methodology/Principal Findings We administered two neuropsychological tests, a Continuous Performance Task and the Iowa Gambling Task were applied to 195 healthy participants to characterize their levels of motor, attentional and non-planning impulsivity. Then, subjects were grouped by genotype, and their scores on impulsivity measures were compared. There were no significant differences between group scores on attentional and motor impulsivity. Those participants who were homozygous for the met allele performed worse in the Iowa Gambling Task than val/val and val/met subjects. Conclusions/Significance Our results suggest that met allele of val158met COMT polymorphism is associated with poor performance in decision-making/cognitive impulsivity task. The results reinforce the hypothesis that val and met alleles of the val158met polymorphism show functional dissociation and are related to different prefrontal processes.
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- Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz
- Laboratório de Investigações Neuropsicológicas (LIN), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações Neuropsicológicas (LIN), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações Neuropsicológicas (LIN), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações Neuropsicológicas (LIN), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações Neuropsicológicas (LIN), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações Neuropsicológicas (LIN), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações Neuropsicológicas (LIN), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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