ADRA2A polymorphisms and ADHD in adults: Possible mediating effect of personality

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 345-350

  de Cerqueira, Caio Cesar Silva ^a   Polina, Evelise Regina ^a   Contini, Verônica ^a   Marques, Francine Zanquetta Coelho ^b   Grevet, Eugenio Horacio ^c   Salgado, Carlos Alberto Iglesias ^c   da Silva, Paula Oliveira Guimarães ^c   Picon, Felipe Almeida ^c   Belmonte de Abreu, Paulo ^a,c   Bau, Claiton Henrique Dotto ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Harm avoidance; Heterogeneity; Novelty seeking; Persistence; Temperament profiles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR GENE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2;

EID: 79952364274     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.08.032     Document Type: Article

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