The Interface of Genetics, Neuroimaging, and Neurochemistry in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Monique Ernst and Alan Zametkin
Section on Clinical Brain Imaging
Laboratory of Cerebral Metabolism
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892.


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