Increased echogenicity of the substantia nigra in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-358

  Krauel, Kerstin ^a   Feldhaus, Hendrik C ^a   Simon, Andrea ^a   Rehe, Claudia ^a   Glaser, Martin ^a   Flechtner, Hans Henning ^a   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a   Niehaus, Ludwig ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; children; dopamine; noninvasive imaging; substantia nigra; transcranial sonography (TCS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERECHOGENICITY; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 77955714980     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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