Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - A diffusion-tensor imaging study of the corpus callosum

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-173

  Dramsdahl, Margaretha ^a,b   Westerhausen, René ^b   Haavik, Jan ^a,b   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a,b   Plessen, Kerstin J ^b,c,d  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ADHD; CC; DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALIC ISTHMUS; SEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANISOTROPY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858996156     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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