Selected Publications
Tourette Syndrome Association International Consortium for Genetics (2007). Genome scan for Tourette disorder in affected-sibling-pair and multigenerational families. American Journal of Human Genetics, 80 (2), 265-272. Abstract Article in PubMed
Eapen, V., Pauls, D. L. and Robertson, M. M. (2006). The role of clinical phenotypes in understanding the genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 61, 359-364. Abstract Article in PubMed
Geller D., Petty, C., Vivas, F., Johnson, J., Pauls, D. L., Biederman, J. (2006). Examining the Relationship Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Familial Risk Analysis. Biological Psychiatry, Aug 31; [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Article in PubMed
Abelson, J. F., Kwan, K. Y., O'Roak, B. J., Baek, D. Y., Stillman, A. A., Morgan, T. M., Mathews, C. A., Pauls, D. L., Rasin, M. R., Gunel, M., Davis, N. R., Ercan-Sencicek, A. G., Guez, D. H., Spertus, J. A., Leckman, J. F., Dure, L. S. 4th, Kurlan, R., Singer, H. S., Gilbert, D. L., Farhi, A., Louvi, A., Lifton, R. P., Sestan, N. and, State, M. W. (2005). Sequence variants in SLITRK1 are associated with Tourette's syndrome. Science, 310, 317-320. Abstract Article in PubMed
Sukhodolsky, D. G., do Rosario-Campos, M. C., Scahill, L., Katsovish, L., Pauls, D. L., Peterson, B. S., King, R. A., Lombroso, P. J., Findley, D. B. and Leckman, J. F. (2005). Adaptive, emotional, and family functioning of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder and comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 1125-1132. Abstract Article in PubMed
Paschou, P., Feng, Y., Pakstis, A. J., Speed, W. C., DeMille, M. M., Kidd, J. R., Jaghori, B., Kurlan, R., Pauls, D. L., Sandor, P., Barr, C. L. and Kidd, K. K. (2004). Indications of linkage and association of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome in two independent family samples: 17q25 is a putative susceptibility region. American Journal of Human Genetics, 75, 545-560. Abstract Article in PubMed
McMahon, W. M., Carter, A. S., Fredine, N., and Pauls, D. L. (2003). Children at genetic risk for Tourette's Disorder: Child and parent diagnoses. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 121B, 105-111. Abstract Article in PubMed
Pauls, D. L. (2003). An update on the genetics of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 55, 7-12. Abstract
Leckman, J. F., Pauls, D. L., Zhang, H., Rosario-Campos, M. C., Katsovich, L., Kidd, K. K., Pakstis, A. J., Alsobrook, J. P., Robertson, M. M., McMahon, W. M., Walkup, J. T., van de Wetering, B. J. M., King, R. A., Cohen, D. J., and the Tourette Syndrome Association International Consortium for Genetics. (2003). Obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions in affected sibling pairs diagnosed with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 116B, 60-8. Abstract Article in PubMed
Alsobrook II, J. P. and Pauls, D. L. (2002). A factor analysis of tic symptoms in Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome. American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 291-296. Abstract Article in PubMed
Carter, A. S., O'Donnell, D. A., Schultz, R. T., Scahill, L., Leckman, J. F., and Pauls, D. L. (2000). Social and emotional adjustment in children affected with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome: Associations with ADHD and family functioning. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 41, 215-223. Abstract Article in PubMed
Barr, C. L., Wigg, K. G., Pakstis, A. J., Kurlan, R., Pauls, D. L., Kidd, K. K., Tsuai, L-C., and Sandor, P. (1999). Genome scan for linkage to Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 88, 437445. Abstract Article in PubMed
The Tourette Syndrome Association International Consortium for Genetics [Walkup, J. T., LaBuda, M. C., Guliano, J., Singer, H. S., Riddle, M. A., Robertson, M. M., Hebebrand, J., Klug, B., Remschmidt, H., Weber, J. L., Hiner, B. C., Spindler, M., Pauls, D. L., Hurst, C. R., Zovko, E., Alsobrook II, J. P., King, R. A., Cohen, D. J., Leckman, J. F., Pakstis, A. J., Kidd, J. R., Kidd, K. K., Kurlan, R., Siderowf, A., Como, P., Palumbo, D., van de Wetering, B. J. M., Heutink, P., Hottenga, J. J., Sandkuijl, A., Oostra, B. A., McMahon, W., Leppert, M., Achilles, J., Sandor, P., Spence, W., Barr, C. L.] (1999). A complete genome screen in sib-pairs affected with the Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics, 65, 1428-1436. Abstract Article in PubMed
Schultz, R. T., Carter, A. S.,
Eapen, V., Robertson, M. M., Alsobrook II, J. P., and Pauls, D. L. (1997). Obsessive compulsive symptoms in Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder: Differences by diagnosis and family history. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 74, 432-438. Abstract Article in PubMed
Pauls, D. L., Alsobrook II, J. P., Goodman, W., Rasmussen, S., and Leckman, J. F. (1995). A family study of obsessive compulsive disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 152, 76-84. Abstract Article in PubMed
Pauls, D. L., Raymond, C. L., Stevenson, J. M., and Leckman, J. F. (1991). A family study of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics, 48, 154-163. Abstract Article in PubMed
Pauls, D. L., Towbin, K. E., Leckman, J. F., Zahner, G. E. P., and Cohen, D. J. (1986). Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder: Evidence supporting a genetic relationship. Archives of General Psychiatry, 43, 1180-1182. Abstract Article in PubMed
Pauls, D. L., Cohen, D. J., Heimbuch, R., Detlor, J., and Kidd, K. K. (1981). Familial pattern and transmission of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome and multiple tics. Archives of General Psychiatry, 38, 1091-1093. Abstract Article in PubMed
More articles by Dr. David Pauls
Scharf J. M., Moorjani, P., Fagerness, J., Platko, J., Illmann, C.,Galloway, B., Jenike, E., Stewart, S. E., Pauls, D. L., and the Tourette Syndrome International Consortium for Genetics. Lack of association between SLITRK1 var321 and Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome in a large family-based sample, manuscript submitted.
Scharf J. M and Pauls D. L. (2007). Genetics of Tic Disorders. In: Rimoin DL, Connor, J.M., Pyeritz, R.E., Korf, B.R., editors. Emery and Rimoin's Principles and Practices of Medical Genetics. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, p. 2737-2754.
Stewart, S. E., Illmann, C., Geller, D. A., Leckman J. F., King R., Pauls D. L. (2006). A controlled family study of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and Tourette's disorder. Journal of American Academic Child Adolescent Psychiatry, 45 (11), 1354-62. Abstract Article in PubMed
Stewart, S. E., Fagerness J., Platko J., Smoller J. W., Scharf J., Illmann C., Jenike E., Chabane N., Leboyer M., Delorme R., Jenike M. A., Pauls D. L. Association of the SLC1A1 Glutamate Transporter Gene and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics: Part B; in press.
Stewart, S. E., Rosario-Campos M. C., Brown T. A., Carter A., Geller D. A., Leckman J. F., Sukhodolsky D., Katsovitch L., Pauls D. L. (2007). Principal Components Analysis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Symptoms in Children and Adolescents. Biological Psychiatry, 61(3), 285-291. Abstract Article in PubMed
Stewart, S. E., Platko J., Fagerness J., Birns J., Jenike E., Smoller J. W., Perlis R., Leboyer M., Delorme R., Chabane N., Rauch S. L., Jenike M. A., Pauls D. L. (2007). A Genetic Family-Based Association Study of OLIG2 in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(2), 209-214. Abstract Article in PubMed
Stewart, S. E., Geller D, Spencer T, Gianini L. (2003). Pediatric tics and Tourette's disorder: Which therapies and when to use them. Current Psychiatry, 2(10), 45-56. Abstract
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