Genetic overlap between evoked frontocentral theta-band phase variability, reaction time variability, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in a twin study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 238-247

  McLoughlin, Gráinne ^a,b   Palmer, Jason A ^a   Rijsdijk, Fruhling ^c   Makeig, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; biomarker; cognitive control; EEG; genetic; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL MIDLINE CORTEX; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REACTION TIME VARIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

ADHD; BIOMARKER; COGNITIVE CONTROL; EEG; GENETIC; TWIN STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THETA RHYTHM; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84891626472     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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