Serotonin genes and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a Brazilian sample: Preferential transmission of the HTR2A 452His allele to affected boys

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-73

  Guimarães, Ana Paula M ^a   Zeni, Cristian ^a   Polanczyk, Guilherme V ^a   Genro, Julia P ^a   Roman, Tatiana ^b   Rohde, Luis A ^a   Hutz, Mara H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade Fed de Ciencias Medicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 HT2A receptor; 5 HTT; ADHD; Gender susceptibility; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; HISTIDINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HTR2A GENE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLC6A4 GENE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846272148     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30400     Document Type: Article

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