Dissecting the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) phenotype: Sustained attention, response variability and spatial attentional asymmetries in relation to dopamine transporter (DAT1) genotype

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1847-1857

  Bellgrove, Mark A ^a   Hawi, Ziarah ^a   Kirley, Aiveen ^a   Gill, Michael ^a   Robertson, Ian H ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention; DAT1; Genetics; Neuropsychology; Variability

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 24944521591     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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