| Literature DB >> 18839057 |
Klaus-Peter Lesch1, Nina Timmesfeld, Tobias J Renner, Rebecca Halperin, Christoph Röser, T Trang Nguyen, David W Craig, Jasmin Romanos, Monika Heine, Jobst Meyer, Christine Freitag, Andreas Warnke, Marcel Romanos, Helmut Schäfer, Susanne Walitza, Andreas Reif, Dietrich A Stephan, Christian Jacob.
Abstract
A genome-wide association (GWA) study with pooled DNA in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) employing approximately 500K SNP markers identifies novel risk genes and reveals remarkable overlap with findings from recent GWA scans in substance use disorders. Comparison with results from our previously reported high-resolution linkage scan in extended pedigrees confirms several chromosomal loci, including 16q23.1-24.3 which also reached genome-wide significance in a recent meta-analysis of seven linkage studies (Zhou et al. in Am J Med Genet Part B, 2008). The findings provide additional support for a common effect of genes coding for cell adhesion molecules (e.g., CDH13, ASTN2) and regulators of synaptic plasticity (e.g., CTNNA2, KALRN) despite the complex multifactorial etiologies of adult ADHD and addiction vulnerability.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18839057 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0119-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575