Pilot study indicate role of preferentially transmitted monoamine oxidase gene variants in behavioral problems of male ADHD probands.

Arijit KarmakarRishov GoswamiTanusree SahaSubhamita MaitraAnirban RoychowdhuryChinmay Kumar PandaSwagata SinhaAnirban RayKochupurackal P MohanakumarUsha RajammaKanchan Mukhopadhyay

Published in: BMC medical genetics (2017)

It may be inferred that the MAOA and MAOB variants may contribute to the etiology of ADHD in the Indo-Caucasoid population and could be responsible for higher occurrence of ADHD in the boys.

Keyphrases

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
copy number
autism spectrum disorder
working memory
mental health
risk assessment
genome wide
dna methylation
genome wide analysis