Rare genetic variants confer a high risk of ADHD and implicate neuronal biology | Nature

November 23, 2025

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09702-8

Demontis, D., Duan, J., Hsu, Y. H., Pintacuda, G., Grove, J., Nielsen, T. T., Thirstrup, J., Martorana, M., Botts, T., Satterstrom, F. K., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Tsai, J. H. Y., Glerup, S., Hoogman, M., Buitelaar, J., Klein, M., Ziegler, G. C., Jacob, C., Grimm, O., . . . Børglum, A. D. (2025). Rare genetic variants confer a high risk of ADHD and implicate neuronal biology. Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09702-8

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Common genetic variants associated with the disorder have been identified12,13, but the role of rare variants in ADHD is mostly unknown. Here, by analysing rare coding variants in exome-sequencing data from 8,895 individuals with ADHD and 53,780 control individuals, we identify three genes (MAP1A, ANO8 and ANK2; P < 3.07 × 10−6; odds ratios 5.55–15.13) that are implicated in ADHD.
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