Association Study of 10 Genes Encoding Neurotrophic Factors and Their Receptors in Adult and Child Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Published in: Biological psychiatry (1969) Vol. 63; no. 10; pp. 935 - 945
• Main Authors: Ribasés, Marta, Hervás, Amaia, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni, Bosch, Rosa, Bielsa, Anna, Gastaminza, Xavier, Fernández-Anguiano, Mònica, Nogueira, Mariana, Gómez-Barros, Núria, Valero, Sergi, Gratacòs, Mònica, Estivill, Xavier, Casas, Miquel, Cormand, Bru, Bayés, Mònica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15.05.2008; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: ADHD; Adult; Age Factors; association study; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - genetics; Attention deficit disorders. Hyperactivity; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child clinical studies; CNTFR; Confidence Intervals; Female; Gene Frequency; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Haplotypes; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Nerve Growth Factors - genetics; neurotrophic factors; neurotrophins; NTF3; NTRK2; Odds Ratio; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor - genetics; Retrospective Studies; ADHD; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; CNTFR; NTRK2; neurotrophic factors; association study; NTF3; neurotrophins; Human; Neurotrophin; Hyperactivity; Genetic determinism; Neurotrophic factor; Attentional disorder; Gene; Coding; Genetics; Adult; Attention disorder with hyperactivity; Child; Biological receptor

Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood-onset psychiatric disorder that often persists into adolescence and adulthood and is characterized by inappropriate levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity. Genetic and environmental factors are believe...