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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
Despite its high heritability, genetic association studies of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have often resulted in somewhat small, inconsistent effects. Refining the ADHD phenotype beyond a dichotomous diagnosis and testing associations with continuous information from the underlying symptom dimensions may result in more consistent genetic findings. This study further examined the association between ADHD and the DRD4, DAT1, and 5HTT genes by testing their association with multivariate phenotypes derived from continuous measures of ADHD symptom severity. DNA was collected in 202 families consisting of at least one ADHD proband and at least one parent or sibling. VNTR polymorphisms of the DRD4 and DAT1 genes were significantly associated with the continuous ADHD phenotype. The association with DRD4 was driven by both inattentive and hyperactive symptoms, while the association with DAT1 was driven primarily by inattentive symptoms. These results use novel methods to build upon important connections between dopamine genes and their final behavioral manifestation as symptoms of ADHD.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1573-3297
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-74
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Anxiety Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Child, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Conduct Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Depressive Disorder, Major, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Diseases in Twins, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Genetic Association Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Phobic Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Receptors, Dopamine D4, pubmed-meshheading:21207241-Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
A family based association study of DRD4, DAT1, and 5HTT and continuous traits of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Box G-S121-4, Providence, RI 02912, USA. cinnamon_bidwell@brown.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Twin Study