Endophenotypes in the genetic research of ADHD over the last decade: Have they lived up to their expectations?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1425-1429

  Rommelse, Nanda N J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 5 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 54249103534     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.8.10.1425     Document Type: Editorial

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