Genetic Polymorphism of GABRR2 Modulates Individuals’ General Cognitive Ability in Healthy Chinese Han People

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• 作者：Zhe Ma ; Binbin Niu ; Zhangyan Shi ; Junlin Li…
• 关键词：Gamma ; aminobutyric acid (GABA) ; General cognitive ability ; Genetic variants ; Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM)
• 刊名：Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：37
• 期：1
• 页码：93-100
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• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Neurosciences; Cell Biology; Neurobiology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-6830
• 卷排序：37

文摘

Previous studies have indicated that the cognitive impairment or deficit is associated with GABAergic signaling in central nervous system. Inspired by the finding that receptor GABRR2 modulates concentration of GABA and phasic inhibitory GABAergic transmission in brain. This study investigated to what extent a genetic variant (c.1423C>T, rs282129) of GABRR2 gene modulates individuals’ general cognitive ability in 987 Chinese Han people. Results showed a significant influence of GABRR2 gene polymorphism on individuals’ Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) performance (F = 3.58, P = .028 by ANOVA and χ2 = 9.35, P = .009 by K–W test, respectively), even if non-genetic factors were partialed out (gender, major, types of birthplace, and socioeconomic index) (B = −.67, SE = .26, t = 2.63, P = .009). The finding provided a strong evidence, to our knowledge, for the view that genetic variant of GABRR2 gene may contribute to the difference of individuals’ general cognitive ability, independently.