ADHD and Genetic Syndromes

Autism and Genetic Syndromes

Genetic Obesity Syndromes

S.F.A. Grant (ed.), The Genetics of Obesity, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-8642-8_2, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 Abstract A number of genetic obesity syndromes have been identifi ed by sequencing candidate genes in patients with severe obesity. Many of the initial fi ndings emerged from studying families who displayed a classical Mendelian pattern of inheritance; however, with more...

Biochemical markers and genetic research of ADHD.

ADHD (attention hyperactivity disorder) is a polygenetic disorder with various candidate genes. At this time, more than thirty dopaminergic, noradrenergic, serotonergic and GABA-ergic genes are known. The research of only some candidate genes (DRD4, DAT, DRD5, DBH, 5HTT, HTR1B and SNAP25) brought relatively consistent results confirming the heredity of ADHD syndromes. The results of research of...

epileptic syndromes: from clinic to genetic.

epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. studies have demonstrated that genetic factors have a strong role in etiology of epilepsy. mutations in genes encoding ion channels, neurotransmitters and other proteins involved in the neuronal biology have been recognized in different types of this disease. moreover, some chromosomal aberration including ring chromosomes will result i...

Fluency disorders in genetic syndromes.

UNLABELLED The characteristics of various genetic syndromes have included "stuttering" as a primary symptom associated with that syndrome. Specifically, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Tourette syndrome, Neurofibromatosis type I, and Turner syndrome all list "stuttering" as a characteristic of that syndrome. An extensive review of these syndromes indicated clients diag...