Telomere length is highly inherited and associated with hyperactivity-impulsivity in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2015, Pages

  Costa, Danielle de Souza ^a,b   Rosa, Daniela Valadão Freitas ^a,b   Barros, Alexandre Guimarães Almeida ^a,b   Romano Silva, Marco Aurélio ^a,b   Malloy Diniz, Leandro Fernandes ^a,b   Mattos, Paulo ^c,d   de Miranda, Débora Marques ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b National Institute of Science and Technology of Molecular Medicine   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d D OR INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IDOR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADHD; Biological aging; Hyperactivity impulsivity; Inattention; Inheritance; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84940988208     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2015.00028     Document Type: Article

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