Current self-reported symptoms of attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder are associated with total brain volume in healthy adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hoogman, Martine ^a   Rijpkema, Mark ^b   Janss, Luc ^a   Brunner, Han ^a   Fernandez, Guillen ^a,b   Buitelaar, Jan ^a   Franke, Barbara ^a   Arias Vásquez, Alejandro ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856770099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031273     Document Type: Article

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