Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder phenotype is influenced by a functional catechol-O-methyltransferase variant

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Pálmason, Haukur ^a   Moser, Dirk ^a   Sigmund, Jessica ^d   Vogler, Christian ^d   Hänig, Susann ^b   Schneider, Anna ^b   Seitz, Christiane ^b   Marcus, Alexander ^c   Meyer, Jobst ^a   Freitag, Christine M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Mutterhaus der Borromäerinnen ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Birth weight; Catecholamines; COMT Val 158Met; Conduct disorder; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Smoking

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77249159812     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-009-0338-2     Document Type: Article

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