Abstract
Genes and cognitive aging
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In the same issue of this journal, Nagel et al (2008) used a cross-sectional approach and looked at two different cognitive tasks and found strong evidence of both an age × catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) genotype and a three-way interaction with the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) allele in which the Met allele in COMT Val carriers was detrimental. These results follow on previous studies that have been inconsistent in many ways
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Summary
A commentary on Genetic contributions to age-related decline in executive function: a 10-year longitudinal study of COMT and BDNF polymorphisms by Kirk I. In the same issue of this journal, Nagel et al (2008) used a cross-sectional approach and looked at two different cognitive tasks (the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and a spatial working memory task) and found strong evidence of both an age × COMT genotype (such that older subjects with the Val allele were poorer performers than Met homozygotes) and a three-way interaction with the BDNF allele in which the Met allele in COMT Val carriers was detrimental These results follow on previous studies that have been inconsistent in many ways.
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