2015
Familial Risks of Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Mataix-Cols D, Isomura K, Pérez-Vigil A, Chang Z, Rück C, Larsson KJ, Leckman JF, Serlachius E, Larsson H, Lichtenstein P. Familial Risks of Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study. JAMA Psychiatry 2015, 72: 787-793. PMID: 26083307, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic tic disorderFirst-degree relativesTic disordersTourette syndromeFamilial riskSwedish National Patient RegisterNational Patient RegisterSecond-degree relativesRelatives of probandsPopulation-based twin sampleThird-degree relativesFamily studiesCohort studyPatient RegisterFemale patientsSpecialist clinicMAIN OUTCOMESimilar riskGeneral populationPopulation cohortHeritable neuropsychiatric conditionsNeuropsychiatric conditionsSimilar environmental exposuresEnvironmental exposuresDisorders
2013
Gene variants associated with antisocial behaviour: a latent variable approach
Bentley MJ, Lin H, Fernandez TV, Lee M, Yrigollen CM, Pakstis AJ, Katsovich L, Olds DL, Grigorenko EL, Leckman JF. Gene variants associated with antisocial behaviour: a latent variable approach. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2013, 54: 1074-1085. PMID: 23822756, PMCID: PMC3766409, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk allelesGenetic risk allelesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGene variantsNurse home visitation programAge 15 yearsStress response pathwaysCholinergic signalingDrug useCommon genetic variantsPutative risk allelesAntisocial behaviorVariable scoresResponse pathwaysGenetic polymorphismsVisitation programMolecular networksPathway analysisStress responseGenesGenetic variablesMolecular levelGenetic variants
2002
Obsessive‐compulsive symptom dimensions in affected sibling pairs diagnosed with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Leckman JF, Pauls DL, Zhang H, Rosario‐Campos M, Katsovich L, Kidd KK, Pakstis AJ, Alsobrook JP, Robertson MM, McMahon WM, Walkup JT, van de Wetering BJ, King RA, Cohen DJ. Obsessive‐compulsive symptom dimensions in affected sibling pairs diagnosed with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2002, 116B: 60-68. PMID: 12497616, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.10001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
Linkage disequilibrium between an allele at the dopamine D4 receptor locus and Tourette syndrome, by the transmission-disequilibrium test.
Grice DE, Leckman JF, Pauls DL, Kurlan R, Kidd KK, Pakstis AJ, Chang FM, Buxbaum JD, Cohen DJ, Gelernter J. Linkage disequilibrium between an allele at the dopamine D4 receptor locus and Tourette syndrome, by the transmission-disequilibrium test. American Journal Of Human Genetics 1996, 59: 644-52. PMID: 8751866, PMCID: PMC1914894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTourette syndromeChronic multiple ticsMultiple ticsTransmission disequilibrium test (TDT) methodsDopaminergic abnormalitiesFamily triosTransmission disequilibrium testReceptor locusSyndromeDopamine D4 receptor locusFunctional mutationsFunctional studiesCommon allelesAllelesPathogenesisParticular allelesDifferent binding propertiesAbnormalities