A couple of reports in Science News this week pick up on stories we have been following. The first is a “backgrounder” on hyeractivity and food additives; the second illuminates one of the murky patterns of genetic transmission, heredibility of gene variants in ADHD and autistic spectrum not seen in other psychiatric disorders. A very […]
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More on the Genetic Factors in ADHD, the Autism Spectrum
ADHD is an invisible disability that is largely non-psychiatric–though it has life-long psychological sequellae for those who grow up with it. As I noted in a blog entry November 21, 2010, evidence is growing that genetic factors are strongly involved in the complex syndrome we nowadays call Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Many genetic factors […]
New Research on Genetic Origin of ADHD
A study in Lancet October 23 has added significant evidence to the growing knowledge that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is largely biological. Non-genetic causes such as abnormal brain development, brain injury or environmental factors are also believed to play a role in the disorder, but this latest study suggests brains of some children with […]