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Replication test for association of the IL-1 receptor antagonist gene, IL1RN, with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2004
Misener Virginia L, Schachar Russell, Ickowicz Abel, Malone Molly, Roberts Wendy, Tannock Rosemary, Kennedy James L, Pathare Tejaswee, Barr Cathy L
Abstract excerpt
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has a strong genetic basis, and aberrant brain dopaminergic and noradrenergic activity is implicated in its etiology. Interleukin-1 (IL-1), its antagonist, IL-1Ra, and IL-1 receptors are all present in the brain, and IL-1 has been shown to influence both dopaminergic and noradrenergic function. Recently, Segman et al. [1] tested the IL-1Ra gene, IL1RN, as a...
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