Dopamine and serotonin transporter genotypes moderate sensitivity to maternal expressed emotion: The case of conduct and emotional problems in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1052-1063

  Sonuga Barke, Edmund J S ^a,b,c   Oades, Robert D ^d   Psychogiou, Lamprini ^e   Chen, Wai ^a,b   Franke, Barbara ^f   Buitelaar, Jan ^f   Banaschewski, Tobias ^g,h   Ebstein, Richard P ⁱ   Gil, Michael ^j   Anney, Richard ^j   Miranda, Ana ^k   Roeyers, Herbert ^c   Rothenberger, Aribert ^g   Sergeant, Joseph ^l   Steinhausen, Hans Christoph ^m,n,o   Thompson, Margaret ^a   Asherson, Philip ^b   Faraone, Stephen V ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

ⁱ HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^j ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^l VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁿ AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^p SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

ADHD; Behaviour problems; Conduct problems; Dopamine transport; Emotional problems; Emotional symptoms; Expressed emotion; Gene environment interaction; Genetics; Mothers; Serotonin transports; Teachers

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN SLC6A3; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 69249148210     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02095.x     Document Type: Article

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