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The Endophenotype of Impulsivity: Reaching Consilience Through Behavioral, Genetic, and Neuroimaging ApproachesDepartment of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Department of Psychology and Graduate Program in Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Impulsivity is a multidimensional construct with implications for understanding the etiology and treatment of multiple forms of psychopathology. As a multidimensional construct, however, the processes underlying impulsivity, particularly behavioral inhibition, must be separated to allow for investigations into its neurogenetic bases. Evidence from both animal and human studies supports the role of dopamine in impulsivity, and neuroimaging research is elucidating brain regions involved in behavioral inhibition. Evidence is now emerging that suggests an interaction between dopamine system genes and frontal brain regions in underlying individual differences in behavioral inhibition. However, to reach a comprehensive understanding of the neurogenetic bases of behavioral inhibition, an appropriate framework is required. Therefore, it is proposed that by identifying intervening variables more sensitive to the effects of genetic variation, known as an endophenotype approach, we will be able to overcome many of the methodological limitations that prevent a better understanding at present.
Key Words: impulsivity endophenotype behavioral inhibition right inferior frontal cortex dopamine DRD4 DAT COMT
Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, Vol. 4, No. 4,
262-281 (2005) This article has been cited by other articles:
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