Neuropsychological intra-individual variability explains unique genetic variance of ADHD and shows suggestive linkage to chromosomes 12, 13, and 17

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 159 B, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-140

  Frazier Wood, Alexis C ^a   Bralten, Janita ^b,c   Arias Vasquez, Alejandro ^b,c   Luman, Marjolein ^d   Ooterlaan, Jaap ^d   Sergeant, Joseph ^d   Faraone, Stephen V ^e   Buitelaar, Jan ^c,f   Franke, Barbara ^b,c   Kuntsi, Jonna ^g   Rommelse, Nanda N J ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Endophenotype; Genome wide linkage; Intra individual variability; Reaction time variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 17; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; READING; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84855856978     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32018     Document Type: Article

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