Brain abnormalities in adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder revealed by voxel-based morphometry

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 254, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-47

  Moreno Alcázar, Ana ^a,b,c   Ramos Quiroga, Josep A ^b,c,d   Radua, Joaquim ^a,b,c,e   Salavert, José ^a,c,d   Palomar, Gloria ^d   Bosch, Rosa ^d   Salvador, Raymond ^a,b,c   Blanch, Josep ^f   Casas, Miquel ^b,c,d   McKenna, Peter J ^a,b,c   Pomarol Clotet, Edith ^a,b,c  

^a FIDMAG GERMANES HOSPITALÀRIES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Hospital Univ Vall d'Hebron ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

ADHD; Anterior cingulate cortex; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Methylphenidate; Neuroimaging; Supplementary motor area; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CINGULATE GYRUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84974806893     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.06.002     Document Type: Article

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