Intratask variability as a correlate for DRD4 and SLC6A3 variants: A pilot study in ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 987-996

  Henríquez Henríquez, Marcela ^a   Villarroel, Luis ^a   Henríquez, Hugo ^b   Zamorano, Francisco ^a   Rothhammer, Francisco ^c   Aboitiz, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

ADHD; Genetic variants; Within subject variability

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; DRD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC6A3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SIBLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SIBLINGS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84943549479     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712455844     Document Type: Article

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