Abstract
The synaptosomal-associated protein (SNAP-25) plays an integral role in synaptic transmission and in memory consolidation in the hippocampus. Recently an association between SNAP-25 gene polymorphism and cognitive ability has been reported in two independent studies of healthy people and patients with schizophrenia. Authors carried out an association study of Mnll SNAP-25 polymorphism and performance on neurocognitive tests measuring verbal memory, attention/executive functions in 66 patients with major psychosis, 75 their relatives and 136 controls. MANCOVA revealed a significant effect of group (p=0,00001) and genotype (p=0,012) as well as an interaction effect between group and genotype (p=0,02) on the performance on neurocognitive tests. Carriers of the TT genotype performed worse on the most tasks compared to other genotypes. The similar character of the Mnll SNAP-25 polymorphism effect on the variability of neurocognitive traits in all groups suggests the relationship between this gene and general cognitive ability.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 59-63 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psihiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Attention
- General cognitive ability
- Memory
- Schizophrenia
- Snap-25 gene
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