2020
Risk factors for obsessive–compulsive symptoms. Follow-up of a community-based youth cohort
Macul Ferreira de Barros P, do Rosário MC, Szejko N, Polga N, Requena GL, Ravagnani B, Fatori D, Batistuzzo MC, Hoexter MQ, Rohde LA, Polanczyk GV, Leckman JF, Miguel EC, de Alvarenga PG. Risk factors for obsessive–compulsive symptoms. Follow-up of a community-based youth cohort. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2020, 30: 89-104. PMID: 32076869, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-020-01495-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive symptomsRisk factorsAbsence of breastfeedingOCS scoresBaseline anxiety disordersPotential risk factorsLarge community cohortLow socioeconomic statusRegression analysisMental health assessmentMaternal stress levelsLower intelligence quotientCommunity cohortChildhood adversityLower ageHigher OCS scoresAnxiety disordersPsychopathological factorsSocioeconomic statusGenetic factorsSignificant predictorsBaselineHealth assessmentScoresAge
2008
Genes Controlling Affiliative Behavior as Candidate Genes for Autism
Yrigollen CM, Han SS, Kochetkova A, Babitz T, Chang JT, Volkmar FR, Leckman JF, Grigorenko EL. Genes Controlling Affiliative Behavior as Candidate Genes for Autism. Biological Psychiatry 2008, 63: 911-916. PMID: 18207134, PMCID: PMC2386897, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.11.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAsperger SyndromeAutistic DisorderBehaviorChildDopamine beta-HydroxylaseFamily HealthFemaleGenetic LinkageGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationGenotypeHumansMaleOrganizational AffiliationOxytocinProlactinProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosReceptors, OxytocinReceptors, ProlactinConceptsHeterogeneous genetic factorsAllelic associationCandidate genesAssociation analysisGenetic linkageManifestation of ASDGenesGenetic variantsAllelic variantsFBAT softwareGenetic factorsComplex etiologyIndependent replicationNeurodevelopmental disordersOXTR geneAffiliative behaviorMultiple facetsVariantsPRLRPhenotypeHypothesis
2002
Maternal behavior and developmental psychopathology
Leckman JF, Herman AE. Maternal behavior and developmental psychopathology. Biological Psychiatry 2002, 51: 27-43. PMID: 11801229, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01277-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal behaviorNeuronal nitric oxide synthaseEstrogen alpha receptorsNitric oxide synthaseMouse strain backgroundDopamine beta hydroxylaseGene knockout dataAnimal model systemsGene knockout studiesGene knockout technologyPeer-reviewed journalsOxide synthaseAlpha receptorsBehavioral deficitsSearch of literatureBeta hydroxylaseDisease pathogenesisTranscription factorsMolecular basisGenetic factorsKnockout studiesSpecific genesKnockout dataKnockout technologyStrain background