Prosociality and Negative Emotionality Mediate the Association of Serotonin Transporter Genotype With Childhood ADHD and ODD

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 809-819

  Brammer, Whitney A ^a   Lee, Steve S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERAMENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84888008028     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2013.840638     Document Type: Article

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