Article
Dopamine DRD4 receptor polymorphism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Sept 1998
Rowe D C, Stever C, Giedinghagen L N, Gard J M, Cleveland H H, Terris S T, Mohr J H, Sherman S, Abramowitz A, Waldman I D
Abstract excerpt
A polymorphism in the dopamine receptor 4 gene (DRD4) has been related to novelty seeking, Tourette's syndrome, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The variability is in a 48-bp repeat in exon 3 of the gene (a transmembrane region). This study examined the relation of the 7-repea...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Arizona
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Ethnicity
- Exons
- Genotype
- Georgia
- Humans
- Interviews as Topic
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Receptors, Dopamine D4
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Surveys and Questionnaires