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- Title
The genetics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- Authors
Thapar, Anita; O'Donovan, Michael; Owen, Michael J
- Abstract
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable, disruptive, childhood-onset condition, the aetiology and pathogenesis of which is poorly understood. There have been relatively few genome-wide linkage studies, and no chromosomal region has yet been unequivocally implicated. In contrast, evidence from pharmacological, neuroimaging and animal studies has suggested the involvement of specific neurotransmitter systems, notably dopaminergic pathways, in ADHD and these aetiological clues have inspired a fruitful application of the candidate gene association approach. Meta-analyses or pooled data analyses have supported association between ADHD and polymorphisms in DRD4, DRD5 and SLC6A3 which encode dopamine D4 and D5 receptors and the dopamine transporter, respectively. A weaker, but nevertheless replicated, body of evidence also supports associations with SNAP-25 (synaptosomal-associated protein, 25 kDa) and SLC6A4 (serotonin transporter). There is increasing research interest in gene-phenotype links, clinical phenotypic markers of heterogeneity and gene–environment interaction, which are likely to be important in the next generation of genetic studies.
- Publication
Human Molecular Genetics, 2005, Vol 14, Issue suppl_2, pR275
- ISSN
0964-6906
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hmg/ddi263