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Genotype-Dependent Effects of COMT Inhibition on Cognitive Function in a Highly-Specific, Novel Mouse Model of Altered COMT Activity.
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Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) modulates dopamine levels in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). The human gene contains a polymorphism (Val(158)Met) that alters enzyme activity and influences PFC function. It has also been linked with cognition and anxiety, but findings are mixed. We therefore developed a novel mouse model of altered COMT activity. The human Met allele was introduced into the native mouse COMT gene to produce COMT-Met mice, which were compared to their wild-type littermates. Th...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Neuropsychopharmacology Journal website
- Volume:
- 41
- Issue:
- 13
- Pages:
- 3060-3069
- Publication date:
- 2016-08-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-06-30
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1740-634X
- ISSN:
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0893-133X
- Pmid:
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27388330
- Source identifiers:
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632188
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- English
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- pubs:632188
- Deposit date:
- 2016-12-16
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- Barkus et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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© The Author(s) 2016. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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