Mutational analysis of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha 4 subunit gene in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Evidence for association of an intronic polymorphism with attention problems

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-108

  Todd, R D ^a   Lobos, E A ^a   Sun, L W ^a   Neuman, R J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; CHRNA4; Latent class analysis; Nicotinic receptors; Transmission disequilibrium test

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC ALPHA4 RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLADISTICS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTRON; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICOTINIC ALPHA4 RECEPTOR GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTRONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0037275101     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001257     Document Type: Article

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