Report from the third international meeting of the Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Molecular Genetics Network.
Growing evidence of a genetic contribution to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has prompted investigators from around the world to convene annually to discuss ways of facilitating collaboration and sharing information about their work on this topic. The number of participants in the meeting has grown each year as a result of enthusiastic responses to each previous conference. This third annual meeting, held in Boston, began with presentations of ongoing and proposed collaborations. The status of Hypescheme, an operational criteria checklist developed in an effort to promote the reliable communication of information related to ADHD, was reviewed. A symposium was conducted to review current evidence for whether DSM-IV subtypes breed true. Finally, new data from individual research sites were presented. Despite recent advances, more work is needed to better characterize heritable aspects of the ADHD phenotype as well as the actual candidate genes themselves.
D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data