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- Title
Magnetic resonance imaging correlates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children.
- Authors
Hill, Dina E; Yeo, Ronald A; Campbell, Richard A; Hart, Blaine; Vigil, Janet; Brooks, William
- Abstract
This study compared magnetic resonance imaging size differences in several brain regions and neurocognitive function in a group of male and female children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with no comorbid learning disorders with a normal control group of children. The ADHD group demonstrated smaller total brain, superior prefrontal, and right superior prefrontal volumes, as well as significantly smaller areas for cerebellar lobules I-V and VIII-X, total corpus callosum area, and splenium. No group differences were observed for the inferior prefrontal, caudate, or cerebellar volumes, or for the area of cerebellar lobules VI-VII. In the ADHD group but not in the control group, greater right superior prefrontal volume predicted poorer performance on a test of sustained attention. Patterns of brain abnormality did not differ in male and female children with ADHD.
- Publication
Neuropsychology, 2003, Vol 17, Issue 3, p496
- ISSN
0894-4105
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0894-4105.17.3.496