Steroid sulfatase is a potential modifier of cognition in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-344

  Stergiakouli, E ^a   Langley, K ^a   Williams, H ^a   Walters, J ^a,b   Williams, N M ^a   Suren, S ^c   Giegling, I ^d   Wilkinson, L S ^a,b,e   Owen, M J ^a   O'Donovan, M C ^a   Rujescu, D ^d   Thapar, A ^a   Davies, W ^a,b,e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; Attention; Brain; Cognition; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Neurosteroid; Picture completion; Testosterone; Wechsler Intelligence scales

Indexed keywords

STERYL SULFATASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THALAMUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERYL-SULFATASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953267323     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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