Unravelling the complexity of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A behavioural genomic approach

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue AUG., 2005, Pages 103-105

  Asherson, Philip ^a   Kuntsi, Jonna ^a   Taylor, Eric ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 5 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OXYGENASE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROIMAGING; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23744477510     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.2.103     Document Type: Review

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