Disturbed structural connectivity is related to inattention and impulsivity in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 912-919

  Konrad, Andreas ^a   Dielentheis, Thomas F ^a,b   El Masri, Dschamil ^a   Bayerl, Martin ^a,c   Fehr, Christoph ^a   Gesierich, Thomas ^a   Vucurevic, Goran ^a   Stoeter, Peter ^a   Winterer, Georg ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Rhineland Regional Council (LVR)   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Mean diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INATTENTION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 77649208709     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07110.x     Document Type: Article

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