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Deficiency of Sustained Attention in ADHD and Its Potential Genetic Contributor MAOA.
Journal of attention disorders - 1 Jul 2018
Liu Lu, Cheng Jia, Su Yi, Ji Ning, Gao Qian, Li Haimei, Yang Li, Sun Li, Qian Qiujin, Wang Yufeng
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the genetic contributors to ADHD sustained attention deficit among noradrenergic genes responsible for the synthesis (dopamine-β-hydroxylase gene, DBH), transport (norepinephrine transporter gene, NET1), reception (alpha-2A adrenergic receptor gene, ADRA2A), and metabolism (monoamine oxidase A gene, MAOA) of noradrenalin (NE). METHOD: A total of 456 children with ADHD and 108 normal...
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