Tourette Syndrome Genetics
                          The Southern and Eastern Europe Initiative

funded by the Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.

Publications

recent publications by the group, that are related to the project

2008

Kereszturi E, Tarnok Z, Bognar E, Lakatos K, Farkas L, Gadoros J, Sasvari-Szekely M, Nemoda Z. Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism is associated with methylphenidate response in ADHD children. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2008 Jan 23.

Mukherjee N, Kidd KK, Pakstis AJ, Speed WC, Li H, Tarnok Z, Barta C, Kajuna SL, Kidd JR. The complex global pattern of genetic variation and linkage disequilibrium at catechol-O-methyltransferase. Mol Psychiatry. 2008 Jun 24.

Paschou P, Drineas P, Lewis J, Nievergelt CM, Nickerson DA, Smith JD, Ridker PM, Chasman DI, Krauss RM, Ziv E. Tracing sub-structure in the European American population with PCA-informative markers. PLoS Genet. 2008 Jul 4;4(7):e1000114.

Speed WC, O'Roak BJ, Tárnok Z, Barta C, Pakstis AJ, State MW, Kidd KK. Haplotype evolution of SLITRK1, a candidate gene for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2008 Jun 5;147B(4):463-6.

Stefanoff P, Wolanczyk T, Gawrys A, Swirszcz K, Stefanoff E, Kaminska A, Lojewska-Bajbus M, Mazurek B, Majewska-Stefaniak A, Mikulska J, Brynska A. Prevalence of tic disorders among schoolchildren in Warsaw, Poland. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;17(3):171-8.

Wasserman D, Sokolowski M, Rozanov V, Wasserman J. The CRHR1 gene: a marker for suicidality in depressed males exposed to low stress. Genes Brain Behav. 2008 Feb;7(1):14-9.

2007

Kereszturi E, Kiraly O, Csapo Z, Tarnok Z, Gadoros J, Sasvari-Szekely M, Nemoda Z. Association between the 120-bp duplication of the dopamine D4 receptor gene and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: genetic and molecular analyses. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2007 Mar 5;144B(2):231-6.

Kereszturi E, Király O, Csapó Z, Tárnok Z, Gádoros J, Sasvári-Székely M, Nemoda Z. Analysis of the dopamine D4 receptor gene variants in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Neuropsychopharmacol Hung. 2007 Mar;9(1):11-8.

Paschou P, Mahoney MW, Javed A, Kidd JR, Pakstis AJ, Gu S, Kidd KK, Drineas P. Intra- and interpopulation genotype reconstruction from tagging SNPs. Genome Res. 2007 Jan;17(1):96-107.

Paschou P, Ziv E, Burchard EG, Choudhry S, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Mahoney MW, Drineas P. PCA-correlated SNPs for structure identification in worldwide human populations. PLoS Genet. 2007 Sep;3(9):1672-86.

Tarnok Z, Ronai Z, Gervai J, Kereszturi E, Gadoros J, Sasvari-Szekely M, Nemoda Z. Dopaminergic candidate genes in Tourette syndrome: association between tic severity and 3' UTR polymorphism of the dopamine transporter gene. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2007 Oct 5;144B(7):900-5.

Wasserman D, Geijer T, Sokolowski M, Frisch A, Michaelovsky E, Weizman A, Rozanov V, Wasserman J. Association of the serotonin transporter promotor polymorphism with suicide attempters with a high medical damage. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2007 Feb;17(3):230-3.

Wasserman D, Geijer T, Sokolowski M, Rozanov V, Wasserman J. Genetic variation in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis regulatory factor, T-box 19, and the angry/hostility personality trait. Genes Brain Behav. 2007 Jun;6(4):321-8.

2006

Wasserman D, Geijer T, Sokolowski M, Rozanov V, Wasserman J. The serotonin 1A receptor C(-1019)G polymorphism in relation to suicide attempt. Behav Brain Funct. 2006 Apr 20;2:14.

2005

Bryńska A, Wolańczyk T. Epidemiology and phenomenology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in non-referred young adolescents: a Polish perspective. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2005 Sep;14(6):319-27.

Stefanoff P, Wolańczyk T. Validity and reliability of Polish adaptation of Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) in a study of Warsaw schoolchildren aged 12-15. Przegl Epidemiol. 2005;59(3):753-62.

Wasserman D, Geijer T, Rozanov V, Wasserman J. Suicide attempt and basic mechanisms in neural conduction: relationships to the SCN8A and VAMP4 genes. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2005 Feb 5;133B(1):116-9.

2004

Bryńska A, Wolańczyk T. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS). A report of two cases. Psychiatr Pol. 2004 Jan-Feb;38(1):105-23.

Buitelaar JK, Danckaerts M, Gillberg C, Zuddas A, Becker K, Bouvard M, Fagan J, Gadoros J, Harpin V, Hazell P, Johnson M, Lerman-Sagie T, Soutullo CA, Wolanczyk T, Zeiner P, Fouche DS, Krikke-Workel J, Zhang S, Michelson D; Stomoxetine International Study Group. A prospective, multicenter, open-label assessment of atomoxetine in non-North American children and adolescents with ADHD. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2004 Aug;13(4):249-57.

Palmatier MA, Pakstis AJ, Speed W, Paschou P, Goldman D, Odunsi A, Okonofua F, Kajuna S, Karoma N, Kungulilo S, Grigorenko E, Zhukova OV, Bonne-Tamir B, Lu RB, Parnas J, Kidd JR, DeMille MM, Kidd KK. COMT haplotypes suggest P2 promoter region relevance for schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry. 2004 Sep;9(9):859-70.

Paschou P, Feng Y, Pakstis AJ, Speed WC, DeMille MM, Kidd JR, Jaghori B, Kurlan R, Pauls DL, Sandor P, Barr CL, Kidd KK. Indications of linkage and association of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome in two independent family samples: 17q25 is a putative susceptibility region. Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Oct;75(4):545-60.