Neuropsychological measures probably facilitate heritability research of ADHD

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 579-591

  Rommelse, Nanda N J ^a,b   Altink, Marieke E ^b   Martin, Neilson C ^c   Buschgens, Cathelijne J M ^b   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b   Sergeant, Joseph A ^a   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Endophenotype; Heritability; Neuropsychology; Phenotype; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPE; SIBLING;

EID: 50849142527     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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