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Hyperactivity, impaired learning on a vigilance task, and a differential response to methylphenidate in the TRbetaPV knock-in mouse.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Oct 2005
Siesser William B, Cheng Sheue-yann, McDonald Michael P
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RATIONALE: The thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) play a critical role in brain development, and thyroid abnormalities have been linked to a variety of psychiatric and neuropsychological disorders. Among patients with the rare genetic syndrome resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH), 40-70% meet the diagnostic criteria for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). RTH is caused by a mutation in the thyroid receptor...
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