Article
What are the key directions in the genetics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
Current opinion in psychiatry - 1 Jul 2008
Martin Neilson, McDougall Megan, Hay David A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this review is to describe the considerable advances in consolidating the empirical evidence on several key topics in the genetics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, namely the quantitative genetic studies of the nature of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its comorbidities, the molecular genetic studies that show modest but consistent effects of specific...
Topics
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
- Comorbidity
- Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Environment
- Family Health
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Receptors, Dopamine
- Twin Studies as Topic
