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Novel and functional norepinephrine transporter protein variants identified in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Neuropharmacology - 1 Dec 2009
Hahn Maureen K, Steele Angela, Couch R Steven, Stein Mark A, Krueger Jessica J
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable disorder of impaired behavioral inhibition, increased motor activity, and inattention. The norepinephrine transporter (NET, SLC6A2) represents an important candidate gene for contribution to ADHD because it regulates catecholamine extracellular and tissue concentrations and contributes to executive functions disrupted in ADHD, and NET is a...
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