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Impaired temporal resolution of visual attention and dopamine beta hydroxylase genotype in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Nov 2006
Bellgrove Mark A, Mattingley Jason B, Hawi Ziarih, Mullins Celine, Kirley Aiveen, Gill Michael, Robertson Ian H
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BACKGROUND: Dopamine beta hydroxylase (DbetaH) catalyzes the conversion of dopamine to noradrenaline. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with the A2 allele of a Taq I polymorphism of the DBH gene. Since catecholamines regulate visual attention, we examined whether participants with ADHD were impaired on a task requiring temporal attention and how DBH genotype influenced temporal...
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