White matter abnormalities and their impact on attentional performance in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-360

  Konrad, Andreas ^a   Dielentheis, Thomas F ^b   Masri, Dschamil El ^a   Dellani, Paulo R ^a   Stoeter, Peter ^a   Vucurevic, Goran ^a   Winterer, Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b Rhineland Regional Council (LVR)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Mean diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84864915675     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-011-0251-1     Document Type: Article

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