Behavioural genetics of childhood disorders

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 395-428

  Freitag, Christine M ^a   Asherson, Philip ^b   Hebebrand, Johannes ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Autism spectrum disorders; BMI; Genetic; Linkage; Nocturnal enuresis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CADHERIN; DOPAMINE 5 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 7; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; OBESITY;

EID: 84865827002     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2011_178     Document Type: Article

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