Genetics of ADHD Dimensions. Genome-wide Association Analyses of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity.

Abstract

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common and highly heritable childhood onset psychiatric condition, presenting multidimensional clinical picture, with two main symptom dimensions being inattention and/or... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Tetyana Zayats (Broad Institute, University of Bergen)
  2. Geoffrey English (QIMR-Berghofer Medical Research Institute)
  3. Andrea Allegrini (King’s College, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, London, UK)
  4. Kaili Rimfeld (King’s College, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, London, UK)
  5. Christie Burton (SickKids Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)
  6. Bowei Xiao (SickKids Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)
  7. Joanna Martin (Cardiff University, Karolinska Institutet)
  8. Yi Lu (Karolinska Institutet)
  9. Isabell Brikell (Karolinska Institutet)
  10. Michel Nivard (Department of Biological Psychology, VU University)
  11. Jennifer Crosbie (SickKids Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)
  12. Paul Arnold (Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education, University of Calgary; SickKids Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)
  13. Russell Schachar (SickKids Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)
  14. Corina Greven (King’s College, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, London, UK; Radboud Univ, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour)
  15. Stefan Johansson (K.G.Jebsen Center for Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway)
  16. Sebastian Lundström (University of Gothenburg)
  17. Henrik Larsson (Karolinska Institutet)
  18. Paul Lichtenstein (Karolinska Institutet)
  19. Dorret Boomsma (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  20. Sarah Medland (QIM)
  21. Jan Haavik (K.G.Jebsen Center for Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway)
  22. Benjamin Neale (Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)

Topic Areas

Cognition: Education, Intelligence, Memory, Attention , Developmental Disorders (e.g. ADHD)

Session

SY-8B » Family and molecular genetic studies provide insights into ADHD, its comorbidities (Aggression and auto-immune disorders) and symptomatology (10:30 - Saturday, 23rd June, Yellowstone)

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