Hypoactivation in right inferior frontal cortex is specifically associated with motor response inhibition in adult ADHD

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5141-5152

  Morein Zamir, Sharon ^a,b   Dodds, Chris ^a,b,c   van Hartevelt, Tim J ^a,b,d   Schwarzkopf, Wolfgang ^a,b,e   Sahakian, Barbara ^a,b   Müller, Ulrich ^a,b,f   Robbins, Trevor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity diagnosis; Cognitive flexibility; Executive function; Inhibition control; Magnetic resonance imaging methods; Prefrontal cortex physiopathology

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL CORTEX; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR RESPONSE INHIBITION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907488175     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22539     Document Type: Article

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