Genetics and Neuropsychology of ADHD
Aman, C.J., Roberts, Jr., R.J., & Pennington, B.F. (1998).
A neuropsychological examination of the underlying deficit
in ADHD: The frontal lobe vs. right parietal lobe theories.
Developmental Psychology, 34, 956-969.
Further evidence for an executive deficit in ADHD, which is normalized by stimulant medication.
Willcutt, E.G., Pennington, B.F., Boada, R., Ogline, J.S.,
Tunick, R.A., Chhabildas, N.A., & Olson, R.K. (2001).
A comparison of the
cognitive deficits in reading disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110,
157-172.
Further evidence for contrasting deficits in dyslexia and ADHD, but no evidence for a secondary phenocopy explanation of their comorbidity.
Chhabildas, N., Pennington, B.F., & Willcutt, E.G. (2001).
A comparison
of the neuropsychological profiles of the DSM-IV subtypes of ADHD. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,
29, 529-540.
Few neuropsychological differences found between DSM-IV subtypes of ADHD.
Willcutt, E.G., Pennington, B.F., Smith, S.D., Cardon, L.R.,
Gayan, J., Knopik, V.S., Olson, R.K., & DeFries, J.C.
(2002). Quantitative trait locus
for reading disability on chromosome 6p is pleiotropic for
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. American
Journal of Medical Genetics: Neuropsychiatric Genetic,
114, 260-268.
One of the first molecular genetic tests of the basis of comorbidity in the psychiatric literature.
Willcutt, E.G., Doyle, A.E., Nigg, J.T., Faraone, S.V., &
Pennington, B.F. (2005).
Validity of the executive function
theory of ADHD: A meta-analytic review. Biological
Psychiatry.
Doyle, A.E., Faraone, S.V., Seidman, L.J., Willcutt, E.W., Nigg,
J.T., Waldman, I.D., Pennington, B.F., Peart, J., Biederman, J.
(2005). Are endophenotypes based on measures of executive
functions useful for molecular genetic studies of ADHD?
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46:7, 774-803.
Gayan, J., Willcutt, E.G., Fisher, S.E., Francks, C., Cardon, L.R.,
Olson, R.K., Pennington, B.F., Smith, S.D., Monaco, A.P., &
DeFries, J.C. (2005). Bivariate linkage scan for reading
disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder localizes
pleiotropic loci. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46(10), 1045-1056.
Bidwell, C., Willcutt, E.G., DeFries, J.C., & Pennington, B.F. (2007).
Testing for neuropsychological endophenotypes in siblings disconcordant for ADHD.
Biological Psychiatry, 62(9), 991-998. PMCID: 17585884.
McGrath, L.M., Hutaff-Lee, C., Scott, A., Boada, R., Shriberg, L.D., & Pennington, B,F. (2007).
Children with comorbid speech sound
disorder and specific language impairment are at increased risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 151-163. PMCID: 17882543.
Shanahan, M., Willcutt, E.G., & Pennington, B.F. (2008).
Do motivational incentives reduce the inhibition
deficit in ADHD?Developmental Neuropsychology, 33(2), 137-159. PMCID: 18443974.
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Other Publication Areas:
Fundamental Issues
Genetics of Dyslexia and Other Learning
Disabilities
Phenotype Analyses of Dyslexia
Neuropsychological Deficits in Autism
Neuropsychology of Mental Retardation Syndromes
Executive Functions
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