Comparison of spatial working memory in children with prenatal alcohol exposure and those diagnosed with ADHD; A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Malisza, Krisztina L ^a,b   Buss, Joan L ^a   Bruce Bolster, R ^c   de Gervai, Patricia Dreessen ^b   Woods Frohlich, Lindsay ^a   Summers, Randy ^b   Clancy, Christine A ^d   Chudley, Albert E ^a   Longstaffe, Sally ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND); Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD); Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Gray matter; Region of interest (ROI); Spatial working memory; White matter

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL RELATED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84863933138     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-4-12     Document Type: Article

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