Disturbed microstructural integrity of the frontostriatal fiber pathways and executive dysfunction in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1093-1107

  Shang, C Y ^a   Wu, Y H ^b   Gau, S S ^a,c   Tseng, W Y ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery; diffusion spectrum imaging; executive function; frontostriatal tracts

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ANISOTROPY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BASAL GANGLIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84875952467     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712001869     Document Type: Article

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