Alexis C Wood

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Affiliation: King's College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi High heritability for a composite index of children's activity level measures
    Alexis C Wood
    Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, P O Box 80, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
    Behav Genet 38:266-76. 2008
  2. ncbi Actigraph data are reliable, with functional reliability increasing with aggregation
    Alexis C Wood
    Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, England
    Behav Res Methods 40:873-8. 2008
  3. ncbi Hyperactive-impulsive symptom scores and oppositional behaviours reflect alternate manifestations of a single liability
    Alexis C Wood
    MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
    Behav Genet 39:447-60. 2009
  4. ncbi Is overactivity a core feature in ADHD? Familial and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of mechanically assessed activity level
    Alexis C Wood
    Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 48:1023-30. 2009
  5. ncbi Separation of cognitive impairments in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder into 2 familial factors
    Jonna Kuntsi
    MRC Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:1159-67. 2010
  6. ncbi Genetic influences on mechanically-assessed activity level in children
    Alexis C Wood
    MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:695-702. 2007
  7. ncbi The genetic association between ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties: the role of inattentiveness and IQ
    Yannis Paloyelis
    MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 38:1083-95. 2010
  8. ncbi Why cognitive performance in ADHD may not reveal true potential: findings from a large population-based sample
    Jonna Kuntsi
    MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park Box P080, London SE5 8AF, UK
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:570-9. 2009

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Publications8

  1. ncbi High heritability for a composite index of children's activity level measures
    Alexis C Wood
    Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, P O Box 80, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
    Behav Genet 38:266-76. 2008
    ..The high heritabilities found are encouraging in this respect...
  2. ncbi Actigraph data are reliable, with functional reliability increasing with aggregation
    Alexis C Wood
    Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, England
    Behav Res Methods 40:873-8. 2008
    ..We also examined possible instrumental effects on actigraph data and found these to be nonsignificant, further supporting the reliability and validity of actigraph data as a method of activity level assessment...
  3. ncbi Hyperactive-impulsive symptom scores and oppositional behaviours reflect alternate manifestations of a single liability
    Alexis C Wood
    MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
    Behav Genet 39:447-60. 2009
    ..In middle childhood, symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity and oppositional behaviour may represent the same underlying liability, whereas the inattentive domain is more distinct...
  4. ncbi Is overactivity a core feature in ADHD? Familial and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of mechanically assessed activity level
    Alexis C Wood
    Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 48:1023-30. 2009
    ..Furthermore, we aimed to investigate the degree of shared familial influences on these measures and the ADHD diagnosis...
  5. ncbi Separation of cognitive impairments in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder into 2 familial factors
    Jonna Kuntsi
    MRC Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:1159-67. 2010
    ..A better understanding of the etiological pathways is important for the development of targeted interventions and for identification of suitable intermediate phenotypes for molecular genetic investigations...
  6. ncbi Genetic influences on mechanically-assessed activity level in children
    Alexis C Wood
    MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:695-702. 2007
    ..Yet it is poorly understood, due partly to limitations on parent and teacher ratings, which are typically used as measurements of these symptoms...
  7. ncbi The genetic association between ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties: the role of inattentiveness and IQ
    Yannis Paloyelis
    MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 38:1083-95. 2010
    ....
  8. ncbi Why cognitive performance in ADHD may not reveal true potential: findings from a large population-based sample
    Jonna Kuntsi
    MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park Box P080, London SE5 8AF, UK
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:570-9. 2009
    ..The degree to which cognitive impairments in ADHD can be modulated by energetic or motivational factors has important implications for clinical and educational interventions...