Absence of the 7-repeat variant of the DRD4 VNTR is associated with drifting sustained attention in children with ADHD but not in controls

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 927-937

  Johnson, Katherine A ^a   Kelly, Simon P ^b   Robertson, Ian H ^a   Barry, Edwina ^a   Mulligan, Aisling ^a   Daly, Michael ^a   Lambert, David ^a   McDonnell, Caroline ^a   Connor, Thomas J ^a   Hawi, Ziarih ^a   Gill, Michael ^a   Bellgrove, Mark A ^a,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Endophenotype; Executive function; Reaction time; Response variability

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; COMMISION ERROR; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRD4 GENE; EXON; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OMISSION ERROR; PARAMETER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO RESPONSE TASK; TANDEM REPEAT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 51449092787     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30718     Document Type: Article

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