Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the light of the epigenetic paradigm

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Schuch, Viviane ^a   Utsumi, Daniel Augusto ^a   Costa, Thaís Virgínia Moura Machado ^b   Kulikowski, Leslie Domenici ^b   Muszkat, Mauro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADHD; DESR; Emotional self regulation; Environmental factors; Epigenetics; Executive functions; Genetic factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STRESS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84944736980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00126     Document Type: Short Survey

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