Cortical thinning of the attention and executive function networks in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1364-1375

  Makris, Nikos ^a   Biederman, Joseph ^a   Valera, Eve M ^a   Bush, George ^a   Kaiser, Jonathan ^a   Kennedy, David N ^a   Caviness, Verne S ^a   Faraone, Stephen V ^b   Seidman, Larry J ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention; Cerebral cortex; Cortical thickness; Executive function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STRIATE CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 34347246367     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhl047     Document Type: Article

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