Probabilistic diffusion tractography and graph theory analysis reveal abnormal white matter structural connectivity networks in drug-naive boys with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 10676-10687

  Cao, Qingjiu ^a,b   Shu, Ni ^c   An, Li ^a,b   Wang, Peng ^a,b   Sun, Li ^a,b   Xia, Ming Rui ^c   Wang, Jin Hui ^c   Gong, Gao Lang ^c   Zang, Yu Feng ^d,e   Wang, Yu Feng ^a,b   He, Yong ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACTOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NERVE NET;

EID: 84879299734     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4793-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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