Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with alterations in circadian rhythms at the behavioural, endocrine and molecular levels

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 988-995

  Baird, A L ^a   Coogan, A N ^b   Siddiqui, A ^a   Donev, R M ^a   Thome, J ^a,c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; BMAL1; circadian; cortisol; melatonin; PER2

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BMAL1 GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PER2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866741006     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.149     Document Type: Article

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