title: Role of dopamine receptors in ADHD: a systematic meta-analysis.
abstract: The dopaminergic system plays a pivotal role in the central nervous system via its five diverse receptors (D1-D5). Dysfunction of dopaminergic system is implicated in many neuropsychological diseases, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a common mental disorder that prevalent in childhood. Understanding the relationship of five different dopamine (DA) receptors with ADHD will help us to elucidate different roles of these receptors and to develop therapeutic approaches of ADHD. This review summarized the ongoing research of DA receptor genes in ADHD pathogenesis and gathered the past published data with meta-analysis and revealed the high risk of DRD5, DRD2, and DRD4 polymorphisms in ADHD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Haifan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Hongjuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Ling-Qiang
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011954:Receptors, Dopamine