Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6039201 | NeuroImage | 2009 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Unexpectedly the high risk allele carriers performed better in the verbal working memory task than the other subjects. These behavioural differences were accompanied by brain activation differences in the right parahippocampus, a brain region that plays a major role in schizophrenia and affective disorders. The high risk variant of a vulnerability gene therefore does not necessarily have to negatively affect cognitive abilities per se, but may even have beneficial effects on cognitive functions in the non-affected population.
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Andreas Jansen, Sören Krach, Axel Krug, Valentin Markov, Thomas Eggermann, Klaus Zerres, Tony Stöcker, N. Jon Shah, Markus M. Nöthen, Jens Treutlein, Marcella Rietschel, Tilo Kircher,