A preliminary neuroimaging study of preschool children with ADHD

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1009-1028

  Mahone, E M ^a,b   Crocetti, D ^a   Ranta, M E ^a   Gaddis, A ^a   Cataldo, M ^a   Slifer, K J ^a,b   Denckla, M B ^a,b   Mostofsky, S H ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Basal ganglia; Caudate; Cognitive; Cortical; Hyperactivity; MRI; Preschool; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80053537044     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2011.580784     Document Type: Article

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