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Daimei Sasayama1, Hiroaki Hori, Toshiya Teraishi, Kotaro Hattori, Miho Ota, Junko Matsuo, Yumiko Kawamoto, Yukiko Kinoshita, Naoji Amano, Hiroshi Kunugi.
Abstract
Wechsler adult intelligence scale-revised was performed in 576 healthy adults to examine whether a functional polymorphism (Asp358Ala) of the IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) gene is associated with cognitive performance. Verbal intelligence quotient in Asp homozygotes was significantly higher compared to Ala carriers (P = 0.005). Compared to Ala carriers, Asp homozygotes performed better in the verbal subtests requiring long-term memory stores. Elevated IL-6 and soluble IL-6R levels in Ala carriers may have negative impact on acquiring verbal cognitive ability requiring long-term memory.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21879314 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-011-0709-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575