Intra-individual response variability assessed by ex-Gaussian analysis may be a new endophenotype for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Henríquez Henríquez, Marcela Patricia ^a   Billeke, Pablo ^a,b   Henríquez, Hugo ^c   Zamorano, Francisco Javier ^a,b   Rothhammer, Francisco ^d   Aboitiz, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

ADHD; Endophenotypes; Ex Gaussian analysis; Intra individual variability; Response time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRD4 GENE; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EX GAUSSIAN ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRA INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY OF RESPONSE TIME; JONCKHEERE TERPSTRA TEST; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PILOT STUDY; SLC6A3 GENE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 84926649800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00197     Document Type: Article

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