Chapter overview - Development of ADHD

The chapter Development of ADHD Includes the following articles:

• Development of ADHD - Introduction
• Genetic and epigenetic causes of ADHD - Introduction
  • Building blocks of heredity and behavior: Genes, DNA, RNA, proteins and co
  • Genetic candidates for ADHD
    • 1. Gene candidates for ADHD with a plausible pathway to ADHD
    • 2. Gene candidates without a plausible pathway in relation to ADHD
    • 3. Monogenetic causes of ADHD
    • 4. Copy number variations as gene candidates in ADHD
    • 5. RNA genes
    • 6. miRNA and RNA as genetic candidates for ADHD
    • 7. Traits whose genes increase the risk of ADHD
  • Genes and stress as the cause of other mental disorders
• Environmental factors as a cause of ADHD
  • 1. Prenatal stressors as ADHD risk factors
  • 2. Birth circumstances as ADHD risk factors
  • 3. ADHD risks in newborns and infants
  • 4. Psychological ADHD risk factors
  • 5. Parents and family as ADHD risk factors
  • 6. Diseases as ADHD risk factors
  • 7. External noxious substances as ADHD risk factors
• Brain development disorder and ADHD
• Gut-brain axis and ADHD
• Blood-brain barrier and ADHD
• Oxidative stress and ADHD
• Immune system and behavior
  • Immune reactions and inflammation as the cause of ADHD?
  • The immune system
    • Elements of the immune system: cytokines and co.
  • Neurophysiological mechanisms of action on behavior through immune reactions
    • Effect of individual cytokines and inflammatory markers
    • Immune reactions and inflammation in other mental disorders
  • Neurophysiological mechanisms of action on behavior by pathogens
• Is the incidence of ADHD increasing?
• Historical descriptions and names of ADHD
• ADHD - different explanatory models in the past and today