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Effect of the G72 (DAOA) putative risk haplotype on cognitive functions in healthy subjects (2009)

Jansen, Andreas, Krach, Sören, Krug, Axel, Markov, Valentin, Eggermann, Thomas, Zerres, Klaus, ...

Abstract Background In the last years, several susceptibility genes for psychiatric disorders have been identified, among others G72 (also named D-amino acid oxidase activator, DAOA). Typically, the...

Are women better mindreaders? Sex differences in neural correlates of mentalizing detected with functional MRI (2009)

Krach, Sören, Blümel, Isabelle, Marjoram, Dominic, Lataster, Tineke, Krabbendam, Lydia, Weber, Jochen, ...

Abstract Background The ability to mentalize, i.e. develop a Theory of Mind (ToM), enables us to anticipate and build a model of the thoughts, emotions and intentions of others. It has long been...

Anticipation of monetary and social reward differently activates mesolimbic brain structures in men and women (2009)

Spreckelmeyer, Katja N., Krach, Sören, Kohls, Gregor, Rademacher, Lena, Irmak, Arda, Konrad, Kerstin, ...

Motivation for goal-directed behaviour largely depends on the expected value of the anticipated reward. The aim of the present study was to examine how different levels of reward value are coded in...

G72 and its association with major depression and neuroticism in large population-based groups from Germany (2008)

Rietschel, Marcella, Beckmann, Lars, Strohmeier, Jana, Georgi, Alexander, Karpushova, Anna, Schirmbeck, Frederike, ...

OBJECTIVE: G72 is among the most frequently replicated vulnerability genes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The authors previously found identical haplotypes of markers M23 and M24 to be...