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Zhang F, Li Y, Liu L, Liu Y, Wang P, Biswal BB. Corticostriatal causality analysis in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2024; 78:291-299. [PMID: 38444215 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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AIM The effective connectivity between the striatum and cerebral cortex has not been fully investigated in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Our objective was to explore the interaction effects between diagnosis and age on disrupted corticostriatal effective connectivity and to represent the modulation function of altered connectivity pathways in children and adolescents with ADHD. METHODS We performed Granger causality analysis on 300 participants from a publicly available Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder-200 dataset. By computing the correlation coefficients between causal connections between striatal subregions and other cortical regions, we estimated the striatal inflow and outflow connection to represent intermodulation mechanisms in corticostriatal pathways. RESULTS Interactions between diagnosis and age were detected in the superior occipital gyrus within the visual network, medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate gyrus, and inferior parietal lobule within the default mode network, which is positively correlated with hyperactivity/impulsivity severity in ADHD. Main effect of diagnosis exhibited a general higher cortico-striatal causal connectivity involving default mode network, frontoparietal network and somatomotor network in ADHD compared with comparisons. Results from high-order effective connectivity exhibited a disrupted information pathway involving the default mode-striatum-somatomotor-striatum-frontoparietal networks in ADHD. CONCLUSION The interactions detected in the visual-striatum-default mode networks pathway appears to be related to the potential distraction caused by long-term abnormal information input from the retina in ADHD. Higher causal connectivity and weakened intermodulation may indicate the pathophysiological process that distractions lead to the impairment of motion planning function and the inhibition/control of this unplanned motion signals in ADHD.
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- Fanyu Zhang
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Nejati V, Khoshroo S, Mirikaram F. Review of spatial disability in individuals with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder: Toward spatial cognition theory. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2024; 29:312-337. [PMID: 37192629 DOI: 10.1177/13591045231176707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Spatial cognition is the ability to detect, process, integrate, and formulate the spatial aspects of the environment. Spatial abilities, as perceptual doorway of information processing, influence on higher cognitive functions. This systematic review aimed to explore impaired spatial ability in individuals with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD). The data from 18 empirical experiments that explored at least one factor of spatial ability in individuals with ADHD was collected in accordance with the PRISMA approach. This study discussed several determinants of impaired spatial ability, including factors, domains, tasks, and measures of spatial ability. Furthermore, the impact of age, gender, and comorbidities are discussed. Finally, a model was proposed to explain the impaired cognitive functions in children with ADHD based on spatial abilities.
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- Vahid Nejati
- Department of Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Zhu Y, Luo X, Guo X, Chen Y, Zheng S, Dang C, Feng Y, Xu C, Wang Y, Song Y, Zhang H, Sun L. Functional reorganization of brain activity in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Evidence from the modulatory effect of cognitive demand during visuospatial attention task. J Psychiatr Res 2023; 166:17-24. [PMID: 37660405 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Previous studies reported that the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) had lower activation during visuospatial attention in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), while the functional connectivity (FC) between the IPL and other brain regions and how cognitive demand might modulate IPL's FC remain unclear. We performed a functional magnetic resonance imaging experiment recruiting two task conditions with relatively low and high cognitive demand of visuospatial attention. Forty-four children with ADHD and 36 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were included. IPL's regional activation and FC intensities were compared between groups and correlated with clinical measurements. We found that the IPL had significantly reduced activation in children with ADHD compared to healthy controls and this abnormal activation was not modulated by the cognitive demand of visuospatial attention. Importantly, further analysis revealed that the functional connectivity between IPL and inferior frontal gyrus was modulated by the cognitive demand of visuospatial attention in children with ADHD. These results revealed a modulatory effect of cognitive demand of visuospatial attention on IPL's functional connectivity but not IPL's activation in children with ADHD. More generally, these results highlight the functional reorganization of the brain activity as a possible compensatory strategy in response to the symptoms of ADHD.
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- Yu Zhu
- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Center for Collaboration and Innovation in Brain and Learning Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Centre for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China.
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China.
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Gungor Aydin A, Adiguzel E. The mesocortical dopaminergic system cannot explain hyperactivity in an animal model of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)- Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Lab Anim Res 2023; 39:20. [PMID: 37710339 PMCID: PMC10500870 DOI: 10.1186/s42826-023-00172-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders with morphological brain abnormalities. There is a growing body of evidence that abnormalities in the dopaminergic system may account for ADHD pathogenesis. However, it is not clear whether the dopaminergic system is hyper or hypoactive. To determine whether the DA neurons and/or axons deficiency might be the cause of the postulated dopaminergic hypofunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR, animal model of ADHD), this study examined the dopaminergic neurons and fibers in the brain tissues of SHRs and Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY, control animals). Here, we performed immunohistochemical tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) staining on brain sections collected on juveniles from SHR and WKY. Moreover, behavioral testing to examine the hyperactivity in the open field area was also elucidated. RESULTS The mesocortical dopaminergic system appears to be normal in juvenile SHR, as suggested by (i) no alteration in the area density of TH-immunoreactive (TH-ir) dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), (ii) no alterations in the volume density of TH-ir fibers in layer I of the prelimbic (PrL) subregion of medial PFC (mPFC), (iii) no alteration in the percentage of TH-ir dopaminergic fibers in layer I of the PrL subregion of mPFC as revealed by TH and/or DBH immunoreactivity. Furthermore, the SHR showed increased locomotor activity than WKY in the open field test. CONCLUSIONS The demonstration of no alteration in mesocortical dopaminergic neurons and fiber in SHR raises some concern about the position of SHR as an animal model of the inattentive subtype of ADHD. However, these results strengthen this strain as an animal model of hyperactive/impulsive subtype ADHD for future studies that may elucidate the underlying mechanism mediating hyperactivity and test various treatment strategies.
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- Aysegul Gungor Aydin
- Department of Psychology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, 20070, Denizli, Turkey
- Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Health Sciences, Pamukkale University, 20070, Denizli, Turkey
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Ekhlasi A, Nasrabadi AM, Mohammadi M. Analysis of EEG brain connectivity of children with ADHD using graph theory and directional information transfer. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2022; 68:133-146. [PMID: 36197950 DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2022-0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Research shows that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is related to a disorder in brain networks. The purpose of this study is to use an effective connectivity measure and graph theory to examine the impairments of brain connectivity in ADHD. Weighted directed graphs based on electroencephalography (EEG) signals of 61 children with ADHD and 60 healthy children were constructed. The edges between two nodes (electrodes) were calculated by Phase Transfer Entropy (PTE). PTE is calculated for five frequency bands: delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma. The graph theory measures were divided into two categories: global and local. Statistical analysis with global measures indicates that in children with ADHD, the segregation of brain connectivity increases while the integration of the brain connectivity decreases compared to healthy children. These brain network differences were identified in the delta and theta frequency bands. The classification accuracy of 89.4% is obtained for both in-degree and strength measures in the theta band. Our result indicated local graph measures classified ADHD and healthy subjects with accuracy of 91.2 and 90% in theta and delta bands, respectively. Our analysis may provide a new understanding of the differences in the EEG brain network of children with ADHD and healthy children.
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- Ali Ekhlasi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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- Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ekhlasi A, Nasrabadi AM, Mohammadi MR. Direction of information flow between brain regions in ADHD and healthy children based on EEG by using directed phase transfer entropy. Cogn Neurodyn 2021; 15:975-986. [PMID: 34790265 PMCID: PMC8572296 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-021-09680-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 04/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Directed information flow between brain regions might be disrupted in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) which is related to the behavioral characteristics of ADHD. This paper aims to investigate the different information pathways of brain networks in children with ADHD in comparison with healthy subjects. EEG recordings were obtained from 61 children with ADHD and 60 healthy children without neurological disorders during attentional visual task. Effective connectivity among all scalp channels was calculated using directed phase transfer entropy (dPTE) for delta, theta, alpha, beta, and lower-gamma frequency bands. Group differences were evaluated using permutation tests in connectivity between regions. Significant posterior to anterior patterns of information flow in theta frequency bands were found in healthy subjects (p-value < 0.05), while disrupted pattern flow, in an opposite way, was found in ADHD children. In the beta band, information flow in pathways between anterior regions was significantly higher in healthy individuals than in the ADHD group. These differences are more indicated in connectivity that leads from frontal and central regions to the right frontal regions of the brain (F8 electrode). Furthermore, connections from central and lateral parietal areas to Pz electrode areas are statistically significant and higher in healthy children in this band. In the delta band, internal connections in the anterior region show a significant difference between the two groups, as this amount is higher in the ADHD group. Our analysis may provide new insights into information flow in brain regions of ADHD children in comparison with healthy children.
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- Ali Ekhlasi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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- Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Lan Z, Sun Y, Zhao L, Xiao Y, Kuai C, Xue SW. Aberrant Effective Connectivity of the Ventral Putamen in Boys With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Psychiatry Investig 2021; 18:763-769. [PMID: 34380296 PMCID: PMC8390946 DOI: 10.30773/pi.2020.0422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The connectivity alterations in the putamen were found in revealing the neural correlates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but whether the effective connectivity of the putamen is atypical in ADHD remains unclear. Investigating this abnormality contributes to describing the neural circuit of ADHD at the level of macrostructural organization. METHODS Data were acquired from thirty-two boys with ADHD and fifty-two matched typically developing controls (TDC) from Peking University (Peking) dataset deposited at the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC) platform. We examined the effective connectivity of the putamen using Granger causality analysis (GCA) and then determined whether these connections could differentiate ADHD from TDC. RESULTS Compared with TDC, the ADHD group showed decreased effective connectivity from the left ventral rostral putamen (VRP) to left calcarine (CAL), right medial part of the superior frontal gyrus, left orbital part of superior frontal gyrus and left middle occipital gyrus (MOG). Increased effective connectivity from the left inferior occipital gyrus and right lingual gyrus to left VRP was also found in ADHD. The result of the classification accuracy showed that 72.3% of participants were correctly classified using support vector machine. Moreover, GCA values from the left VRP to left CAL and left MOG were significantly correlated with hyper/impulsive scores of patients with ADHD. CONCLUSION The findings may help extend our understanding of the ADHD-related neural loops.
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- Zhihui Lan
- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Psychological Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Psychological Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Psychological Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Psychological Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Psychological Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Psychological Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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Nejati V. Balance-based Attentive Rehabilitation of Attention Networks (BARAN) improves executive functions and ameliorates behavioral symptoms in children with ADHD. Complement Ther Med 2021; 60:102759. [PMID: 34252575 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Balance as a motor activity requires integrating different sensory information to maintain the center of gravity above the base of support through proper motor strategies in the light of cognitive processing. METHODS In the present study, twenty-nine children with attention deficit- hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were recruited in a random clinical trial design in two intervention and active control groups. The N-Back, Wisconsin Card Sorting, Go/No-Go tasks, and Conners' Teacher and Parent Rating Scales were performed in baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up sessions. The intervention group received balance-based attentive rehabilitation of attention (BARAN), and the active control group received aerobic exercise and running in 12-15 sessions. RESULTS BARAN improves working memory (P < .05), cognitive flexibility (P < .01), and inhibitory control (P < .05) and ameliorates ADHD symptoms at home (P < .01) and school (P < .05). CONCLUSION Dual-balance and cognitive tasks improve executive functions and ameliorate symptoms in children with ADHD.
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- Vahid Nejati
- Department of Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Po box: 1983969411, Iran.
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Shim SH, Kim YK, Hwangbo Y, Yoon HJ, Kim JS, Lee YJ, Woo YS, Bahk WM. The Relationship between Plasma Erythropoietin Levels and Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE 2021; 19:334-340. [PMID: 33888662 PMCID: PMC8077052 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2021.19.2.334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Objective There are animal models associating dopamine dysfunction with behavioral impairments that model attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Erythropoietin (EPO) has trophic effects on dopaminergic neurons. The aim of this study was to examine the EPO plasma levels and determine whether there was any correlation between plasma EPO levels and clinical characteristics of ADHD. Methods Plasma EPO levels were measured in 78 drug-naïve children with ADHD and in 81 healthy children. The severity of ADHD symptoms was determined by scores on the Korean ADHD Rating Scale (K-ARS) in ADHD children and healthy controls. Results The difference between median plasma EPO levels in ADHD children and in healthy controls was not statistically significant. Adjusting for age and sex, a linear regression analysis showed that inattention score was significantly higher in the second highest tertile of plasma EPO compared to those in the lowest tertile. Hyperactivity-impulsivity score was significantly higher in the highest tertile of plasma EPO compared to those in the lowest tertile. Moreover, total K-ARS scores were significantly higher in the second highest tertile of plasma EPO compared to those in the lowest tertile. Conclusion These findings suggest that plasma EPO levels were related to some ADHD symptoms, which could be used in the monitoring of the disorder.
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- Se-Hoon Shim
- Department of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Ashinoff BK, Abu-Akel A. Hyperfocus: the forgotten frontier of attention. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2021; 85:1-19. [PMID: 31541305 PMCID: PMC7851038 DOI: 10.1007/s00426-019-01245-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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'Hyperfocus' is a phenomenon that reflects one's complete absorption in a task, to a point where a person appears to completely ignore or 'tune out' everything else. Hyperfocus is most often mentioned in the context of autism, schizophrenia, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but research into its effect on cognitive and neural functioning is limited. We propose that hyperfocus is a critically important aspect of cognition, particularly with regard to clinical populations, and that it warrants significant investigation. Hyperfocus, though ostensibly self-explanatory, is poorly defined within the literature. In many cases, hyperfocus goes undefined, relying on the assumption that the reader inherently knows what it entails. Thus, there is no single consensus to what constitutes hyperfocus. Moreover, some studies do not refer to hyperfocus by name, but describe processes that may be related. In this paper, we review how hyperfocus (as well as possibly related phenomena) has been defined and measured, the challenges associated with hyperfocus research, and assess how hyperfocus affects both neurotypical and clinical populations. Using this foundation, we provide constructive criticism about previously used methods and analyses. We also propose an operational definition of hyperfocus for researchers to use moving forward.
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- Brandon K Ashinoff
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
- Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH), School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Quartier UNIL-Mouline, Geopolis, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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Spangler DP, McGinley JJ. Vagal Flexibility Mediates the Association Between Resting Vagal Activity and Cognitive Performance Stability Across Varying Socioemotional Demands. Front Psychol 2020; 11:2093. [PMID: 33013534 PMCID: PMC7509204 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vagal flexibility describes the ability to modulate cardiac vagal responses to fit a dynamic range of challenges. Extant theory on vagal function implies that vagal flexibility is a mediating mechanism through which resting vagal activity, a putative individual difference related to self-regulation, affects adaptive behavior and cognition. Nevertheless, little research has directly tested this hypothesis, thereby leaving fundamental mechanisms of vagal function and adaptability unclear. To this end, 47 healthy subjects completed a 5 min baseline followed by Stroop tasks combined with concurrent auditory distractors. There were four different Stroop task conditions that varied the social and emotional content of the auditory distractors. Electrocardiogram was continuously recorded to assess vagal responses to each condition as heart rate variability [root mean square of successive differences (RMSSDs)] reactivity. Vagal flexibility significantly mediated the association between resting vagal activity and stability of inhibition performance (Stroop interference) scores. In particular, higher resting RMSSD was related to higher standard deviation of RMSSD reactivity scores, reflecting greater differences in RMSSD reactivity between distractor conditions (i.e., greater vagal flexibility). Greater vagal flexibility was in turn related to more stability in Stroop interference across the same conditions. The mean of RMSSD reactivity scores across conditions was not significantly related to resting RMSSD or stability in Stroop performance, and mean RMSSD reactivity did not mediate relations between resting RMSSD and stability in Stroop performance. Overall, findings suggest that vagal flexibility may promote the effects of resting vagal activity on stabilizing cognitive inhibition in the face of environmental perturbations.
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- Derek P Spangler
- Human Research and Engineering Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Towson University, Towson, MD, United States
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Salehinejad MA, Ghayerin E, Nejati V, Yavari F, Nitsche MA. Domain-specific Involvement of the Right Posterior Parietal Cortex in Attention Network and Attentional Control of ADHD: A Randomized, Cross-over, Sham-controlled tDCS Study. Neuroscience 2020; 444:149-159. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 07/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nugiel T, Roe MA, Engelhardt LE, Mitchell ME, Zheng A, Church JA. Pediatric ADHD symptom burden relates to distinct neural activity across executive function domains. Neuroimage Clin 2020; 28:102394. [PMID: 32971467 PMCID: PMC7511724 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent childhood disorder marked by inattention and/or hyperactivity symptoms. ADHD may also relate to impaired executive function (EF), but is often studied in a single EF task per sample. The current study addresses the question of unique vs. overlapping relations in brain activity across multiple EF tasks and ADHD symptom burden. Three in-scanner tasks drawn from distinct EF domains (cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibition) were collected from children with and without an ADHD diagnosis (N = 63). Whole-brain activity and 11 regions of interest were correlated with parent reports of inattention and hyperactivity symptoms. Across the three EF domains, brain activity related to ADHD symptom burden, but the direction and location of these associations differed across tasks. Overall, activity in sensory and default mode network regions related to ADHD, and these relations did not consistently overlap across EF domains. We observed both distinct and overlapping patterns for inattention and hyperactivity symptoms. By studying multiple EF tasks in the same sample, we identified a heterogenous neural profile related to attention symptom burden in children. Our results inform ADHD characterization and treatment and explain some of the variable brain results related to EF and ADHD reported in the literature.
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- Tehila Nugiel
- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States; Biomedical Imaging Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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Guerin JB, Greiner HM, Mangano FT, Leach JL. Functional MRI in Children: Current Clinical Applications. Semin Pediatr Neurol 2020; 33:100800. [PMID: 32331615 DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2020.100800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging has become a critical research tool for evaluating brain function during active tasks and resting states. This has improved our understanding of developmental trajectories in children as well as the plasticity of neural networks in disease states. In the clinical setting, functional maps of eloquent cortex in patients with brain lesions and/or epilepsy provides crucial information for presurgical planning. Although children are inherently challenging to scan in this setting, preparing them appropriately and providing adequate resources can help achieve useful clinical data. This article will review the basic underlying physiologic aspects of functional magnetic resonance imaging, review clinically relevant research applications, describe known validation data compared to gold standard techniques and detail future directions of this technology.
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- Julie B Guerin
- Department of Pediatric Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Hai T, Duffy H, Lemay JF, Swansburg R, Climie EA, MacMaster FP. Neurochemical Correlates of Executive Function in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. JOURNAL OF THE CANADIAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY = JOURNAL DE L'ACADEMIE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE DE L'ENFANT ET DE L'ADOLESCENT 2020; 29:15-25. [PMID: 32194648 PMCID: PMC7065568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder with no known biomarkers. The objectives of this study were 1) to investigate spectroscopic biomarkers in the right prefrontal cortex (R-PFC) and left striatum; 2) to evaluate Executive Function (EF) performance; and, 3) to examine the clinical relevance of glutamate in EF tasks. METHODS A total of 21 children with ADHD (M = 10.41 years, SD = 1.41) and 15 controls without ADHD (M = 9.90 years, SD = 1.54 years) were enrolled. Short echo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS; TE = 30ms) was used to study the changes in the R-PFC and left striatum. Both groups completed an EF assessment battery, including working memory, inhibition, cognitive flexibility and verbal fluency tasks. RESULTS In the R-PFC, independent t-tests found decreased concentration of glutamate (p = 0.009), NAA (p = 0.029) and choline (p = 0.016) in ADHD participants compared to controls. No significant differences were seen in the left striatum. Multivariate analysis of variance did not indicate overall EF challenges in the ADHD sample (p < .05). Positive correlations with glutamate concentration and EF performance in the control group were observed, however, no such correlations were reported in the ADHD group. CONCLUSIONS The results indicated a subgroup of children with ADHD who presented with hypo-glutamatergic signalling in the R-PFC. Additionally, findings suggested a decoupling effect of glutamate in EF related tasks in children with ADHD compared to controls. Thus, glutamate concentration may be a possible ADHD biomarker and novel treatments target.
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- Tasmia Hai
- Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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- Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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- Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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Wang XH, Jiao Y, Li L. Identifying individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder based on temporal variability of dynamic functional connectivity. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11789. [PMID: 30087369 PMCID: PMC6081414 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30308-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common disorder that emerges in school-age children. The diagnostic model based on neuroimaging features could be beneficial for ADHD in twofold: identifying individuals with ADHD and discovering the discriminative patterns for patients. The dynamic functional connectivity of ADHD remains unclear. Towards this end, 100 children with ADHD and 140 normal controls were obtained from the ADHD-200 Consortium. The raw features were derived from the temporal variability between intrinsic connectivity networks (ICNs) as well as the demographic and covariate variables. The diagnostic model was based on the support vector machines (SVMs). The performance of diagnostic model was analyzed using leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV) and 10-folds cross-validations (CVs). The diagnostic model based on inter-ICN variability outperformed that based on inter-ICN functional connectivity and inter-ICN phase synchrony. The LOOCV achieved total accuracy of 78.75%, the sensitivity of 76%, and the specificity of 80.71%. The 10-folds CVs achieved average prediction accuracy of 75.54% ± 1.34%, average sensitivity of 70.5% ± 2.34%, and average specificity of 77.44% ± 1.47%. In addition, the discriminative patterns for ADHD were discovered using SVMs. The discriminative patterns confirmed with previous findings. In summary, individuals with ADHD could be identified through inter-ICN variability, which could be potential biomarkers for diagnostic model of ADHD.
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- Xun-Heng Wang
- College of Life Information Science and Instrument Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- College of Life Information Science and Instrument Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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Vieira de Melo BB, Trigueiro MJ, Rodrigues PP. Systematic overview of neuroanatomical differences in ADHD: Definitive evidence. Dev Neuropsychol 2017; 43:52-68. [DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2017.1414821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Bruno Bastos Vieira de Melo
- Occupational Therapy Department, Higher School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Vigo
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- Occupational Therapy Department, Higher School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CINTESIS & Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Galineau L, Kas A, Worbe Y, Chaigneau M, Herard AS, Guillermier M, Delzescaux T, Féger J, Hantraye P, Tremblay L. Cortical areas involved in behavioral expression of external pallidum dysfunctions: A PET imaging study in non-human primates. Neuroimage 2016; 146:1025-1037. [PMID: 27989846 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The external pallidum (GPe) is a component of the indirect pathway centrally placed in the basal ganglia. Studies already demonstrated that the pharmacological disinhibition of the sensorimotor, associative, and limbic GPe produced dyskinesia, hyperactivity, and compulsive behaviors, respectively. The aim of this study was to investigate the cortical regions altered by the disinhibition of each GPe functional territory. Thus, 5 macaques were injected with bicuculline in sensorimotor, associative, and limbic sites of the GPe producing dyskinesia, hyperactivity, and compulsive behaviors, and underwent in vivo positron tomography with 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose to identify cortical dysfunctions related to GPe disinhibition. Blood cortisol levels were also quantified as a biomarker of anxiety for each condition. Our results showed that pallidal bicuculline injections in anesthetized animals reproducibly modified the activity of specific ipsilateral and contralateral cortical areas depending on the pallidal territory targeted. Bicuculline injections in the limbic GPe led to increased ipsilateral activations in limbic cortical regions (anterior insula, amygdala, and hippocampus). Injections in the associative vs. sensorimotor GPe increased the activity in the ipsilateral midcingulate vs. somatosensory and parietal cortices. Moreover, bicuculline injections increased blood cortisol levels only in animals injected in their limbic GPe. These are the first functional results supporting the model of opened cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loops where modifications in a functional pallidal territory can impact cortical activities of the same functional territory but also cortical activities of other functional territories. This highlights the importance of the GPe as a crucial node in the top-down control of the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical circuits from the frontal cortex to influence the perception, attention, and emotional processes at downstream (or non-frontal) cortical levels. Finally, we showed the implication of the ventral pallidum with the amygdala and the insular cortex in a circuit related to aversive processing that should be crucial for the production of anxious disorders.
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- Laurent Galineau
- UMR INSERM U930, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France
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- AP-HP, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, UPMC Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7371, INSERM U1146, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, UMPC Paris 06, ICM, 75013 Paris, France
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- MIRCEN, CEA UMR 9199, 18 route du Panorama, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- MIRCEN, CEA UMR 9199, 18 route du Panorama, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- MIRCEN, CEA UMR 9199, 18 route du Panorama, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- MIRCEN, CEA UMR 9199, 18 route du Panorama, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- UPMC Université Paris 6, UMR-S975, CRICM-Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France
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- MIRCEN, CEA UMR 9199, 18 route du Panorama, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5229, Université de Lyon 1, Centre de Neurosciences Cognitives, 67 Boulevard Pinel, Cedex, 69675 Bron, France.
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Ma I, van Holstein M, Mies GW, Mennes M, Buitelaar J, Cools R, Cillessen AHN, Krebs RM, Scheres A. Ventral striatal hyperconnectivity during rewarded interference control in adolescents with ADHD. Cortex 2016; 82:225-236. [PMID: 27399612 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by cognitive deficits (e.g., interference control) and altered reward processing. Cognitive control is influenced by incentive motivation and according to current theoretical models, ADHD is associated with abnormal interactions between incentive motivation and cognitive control. However, the neural mechanisms by which reward modulates cognitive control in individuals with ADHD are unknown. METHOD We used event-related functional resonance imaging (fMRI) to study neural responses during a rewarded Stroop color-word task in adolescents (14-17 years) with ADHD (n = 25; 19 boys) and healthy controls (n = 33; 22 boys). RESULTS Adolescents with ADHD showed increased reward signaling within the superior frontal gyrus and ventral striatum (VS) relative to controls. Importantly, functional connectivity analyses revealed a hyperconnectivity between VS and motor control regions in the ADHD group, as a function of reward-cognitive control integration. Connectivity was associated with performance improvement in controls but not in the ADHD group, suggesting inefficient connectivity. CONCLUSION Adolescents with ADHD show increased neural sensitivity to rewards and its interactions with interference control in VS and motor regions, respectively. The findings support theoretical models of altered reward-cognitive control integration in individuals with ADHD.
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- Ili Ma
- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Ghent University, Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Kivilevitch Z, Gabis LV, Katorza E, Achiron R. Fetal cerebral ventricular atria width of 8-10mm: A possible prenatal risk factor for adolescent treated Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2016; 49-50:76-85. [PMID: 26672679 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2015.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Revised: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The purpose of our research was to study the in-utero and long term post-natal outcome of fetal isolated cerebral ventricular atria width between 8 and 10mm. We conducted a retrospective, observational, case-control study, of low risk pregnant women, between 1993 and 2001. One hundred and forty one fetuses with isolated cerebral ventricular atria width between 8 and 10mm, corresponding to 2-4 standard deviations above the mean, and 309 controls, with atrial width below this level, were included for the analysis. Clinical data concerning pre and post-natal outcome was retrieved from computerized medical records. Matching of cases with controls was based on age, with a ratio of 2-3 controls per case. Statistical analysis included: T-test, Chi-Square, and Multiple Logistic Regression analysis. The study group was characterized by a predominance of male gender, left side involvement, and higher birth weight, compared to the control group. Long term post-natal follow-up at a mean age of 12.7 years (±1.9) demonstrated an adjusted odds ratio of 2.589 (95% CI 1.415-4.737, p=0.001), being diagnosed as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and treated by Methylphenidate (Ritalin(®)), during childhood, compared to the control group (23.6% and 10.0% respectively) (p=0.001). Cerebral atria width was an independent factor, controlled for the only two significant variants between groups, gender and weight over 90th centile. In conclusions, our preliminary results show that fetuses with prenatal finding of isolated cerebral ventricular atria width between 8 and 10mm are more likely of being diagnosed and treated as ADHD during childhood.
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- Zvi Kivilevitch
- Women Health Center, Ultrasound Unit, The Negev Medical Center, Maccabi Health Services, Beer Sheva, Israel.
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- Weinberg Child Development Center, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital at The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine and Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ultrasound Unit, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine and Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ultrasound Unit, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine and Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Pediatric applications of functional magnetic resonance imaging. Pediatr Radiol 2015; 45 Suppl 3:S382-96. [PMID: 26346144 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-015-3365-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pediatric functional MRI has been used for the last 2 decades but is now gaining wide acceptance in the preoperative workup of children with brain tumors and medically refractory epilepsy. This review covers pediatrics-specific difficulties such as sedation and task paradigm selection according to the child's age and cognitive level. We also illustrate the increasing uses of functional MRI in the depiction of cognitive function, neuropsychiatric disorders and response to pharmacological agents. Finally, we review the uses of resting-state fMRI in the evaluation of children and in the detection of epileptogenic regions.
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Tomasi D, Shokri-Kojori E, Volkow ND. High-Resolution Functional Connectivity Density: Hub Locations, Sensitivity, Specificity, Reproducibility, and Reliability. Cereb Cortex 2015. [PMID: 26223259 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Brain regions with high connectivity have high metabolic cost and their disruption is associated with neuropsychiatric disorders. Prior neuroimaging studies have identified at the group-level local functional connectivity density ( L: FCD) hubs, network nodes with high degree of connectivity with neighboring regions, in occipito-parietal cortices. However, the individual patterns and the precision for the location of the hubs were limited by the restricted spatiotemporal resolution of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures collected at rest. In this work, we show that MRI datasets with higher spatiotemporal resolution (2-mm isotropic; 0.72 s), collected under the Human Connectome Project (HCP), provide a significantly higher precision for hub localization and for the first time reveal L: FCD patterns with gray matter (GM) specificity >96% and sensitivity >75%. High temporal resolution allowed effective 0.01-0.08 Hz band-pass filtering, significantly reducing spurious L: FCD effects in white matter. These high spatiotemporal resolution L: FCD measures had high reliability [intraclass correlation, ICC(3,1) > 0.6] but lower reproducibility (>67%) than the low spatiotemporal resolution equivalents. GM sensitivity and specificity benchmarks showed the robustness of L: FCD to changes in model parameter and preprocessing steps. Mapping individual's brain hubs with high sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility supports the use of L: FCD as a biomarker for clinical applications in neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Dardo Tomasi
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, USA National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Shim SH, Hwangbo Y, Yoon HJ, Kwon YJ, Lee HY, Hwang JA, Kim YK. Increased levels of plasma glial-derived neurotrophic factor in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Nord J Psychiatry 2015; 69:546-51. [PMID: 25753832 DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2015.1014834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent evidence suggests that neurotrophic growth factor systems, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor, might be involved in the pathophysiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is from the transforming growth factor-β family and is abundantly expressed in the central nervous system, where it plays a role in the development and function of hippocampal cells. To date, no association studies have been done between ADHD and GDNF. Thus, here we investigate the hypothesis that there are differences in plasma GDNF levels between children with ADHD and healthy controls. METHODS Plasma GDNF levels were measured in 86 drug-naïve children with ADHD and 128 healthy children. The severity of ADHD symptoms was determined by scores on the Korean ADHD Rating Scale (K-ARS) in patients and healthy controls. RESULTS The median plasma GDNF levels in ADHD patients was 74.0 (IQR: 23.4-280.1) pg/ml versus 24.6 (IQR: 14.5-87.3) pg/ml in healthy controls; thus the median plasma GDNF levels in ADHD patients were significantly higher than in healthy controls (Mann-Whitney U-test, P < 0.01). Plasma GDNF levels were correlated positively with K-ARS subscale scores (inattention, hyperactivity-impulsivity and total), determined by Spearman's correlation test in ADHD patients and healthy controls (r = 0.371, P < 0.01; r = 0.331, P < 0.01; and r = 0.379, P < 0.01, respectively). CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest increased plasma GDNF levels in untreated ADHD patients. In addition, plasma GDNF levels had a significant positive correlation with inattention, hyperactivity-impulsivity and K-ARS total scores in ADHD patients and healthy controls. Further studies are required to determine the source and role of circulating GDNF in ADHD.
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- Se-Hoon Shim
- a Se-Hoon Shim, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry , Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital , Cheonan City , Bongmyoung Dong 23-20 Choongnam Province 330-721, South Korea
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- b Young Hwangbo, Department of Preventive medicine , Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital , Cheonan City , Bongmyoung Dong Choongnam Province 330-721, South Korea
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- c Hee-jung Yoon, Department of Internal Medicine , Eulji University Graduate School , Daejeon , South Korea
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- d Young-Joon Kwon, Department of Psychiatry , Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital , Cheonan City , Bongmyoung Dong 23-20 Choongnam Province 330-721, South Korea
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- e Hwa-Young Lee, Department of Psychiatry , Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital , Cheonan City , Bongmyoung Dong 23-20 Choongnam Province 330-721, South Korea
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- f Jung-A Hwang, Department of Psychiatry , Korea University Ansan Hospital , Ansan City , Gojan Dong, 516, Kyunggi Province 425-020, South Korea
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- g Yong-Ku Kim, Department of Psychiatry , Korea University Ansan Hospital , Ansan City , Gojan Dong, 516, Kyunggi Province 425-020, and Division of Brain Korea 21 Biomedical Science, Korea University , South Korea
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Tourette syndrome has been examined using many different neuroimaging techniques. There has been a recent surge of neuroimaging research papers related to Tourette syndrome that are exploring many different aspects of the disorder and its comorbidities. This brief review focuses on recent MRI-based imaging studies of pediatric Tourette syndrome, including anatomical, functional, resting state, and diffusion tensor MRI techniques. Consistencies across studies are explored, and particularly important issues involved in acquiring data from this special population are discussed.
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- Jessica A Church
- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 ; Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 ; Department of Anatomy&Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 ; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Otasowie J, Castells X, Ehimare UP, Smith CH. Tricyclic antidepressants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014:CD006997. [PMID: 25238582 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006997.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder of childhood onset, which may persist into adulthood. ADHD has a significant impact on a child's daily life, affecting relationships and academic performance. Its core symptoms include developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsive behaviour. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are sometimes used as second line of treatment in the reduction of ADHD symptoms in children and adolescents with ADHD. However, their efficacy is not yet known. OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy of TCAs in the reduction of ADHD symptoms within the broad categories of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattentiveness in young people aged 6 to 18 years with established diagnoses of ADHD. SEARCH METHODS On 26 September 2013, we searched CENTRAL, Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, seven other databases, and two trials registers. We also searched the reference lists of relevant articles, and contacted manufacturers and known experts in the field to determine if there were any ongoing trials or unpublished studies available. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), including both parallel group and cross-over study designs, of any dose of TCA compared with placebo or active medication in children or adolescents with ADHD, including those with comorbid conditions. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Working in pairs, three review authors independently screened records, extracted data, and assessed trial quality. We calculated the standardised mean differences (SMD) for continuous data, the odds ratio (OR) for dichotomous data, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for both. We conducted the meta-analyses using a random-effects model throughout. We used the Cochrane 'Risk of bias' tool to assess the risk of bias of each included trial and the GRADE approach to assess the quality of the body evidence. MAIN RESULTS We included six RCTs with a total of 216 participants. Five of the six trials compared desipramine with placebo; the remaining trial compared nortriptyline with placebo. One trial compared desipramine with clonidine and placebo, and another compared two TCAs (desipramine and clomipramine) with methylphenidate and placebo. Of the six trials, one RCT primarily assessed the efficacy of TCA in children with ADHD and comorbid tic or Tourette disorder, and another one trial was in children with comorbid tic disorder. RCTs that met our inclusion criteria varied both in design and quality, and none were free of bias. The quality of the evidence was low to very low according to our GRADE assessments.TCA outperformed placebo regarding the proportions of patients achieving a predefined improvement of core ADHD symptom severity (OR 18.50, 95% CI 6.29 to 54.39, 3 trials, 125 participants, low quality evidence). In particular, there was evidence that desipramine improved the core symptoms of ADHD in children and adolescents as assessed by parents (SMD -1.42, 95% CI -1.99 to -0.85, 2 trials, 99 participants, low quality evidence), teachers (SMD -0.97, 95% CI -1.66 to -0.28, 2 trials, 89 participants, low quality evidence), and clinicians (OR 26.41, 95% CI 7.41 to 94.18, 2 trials, 103 participants, low quality evidence). Nortriptryline was also efficacious in improving the core symptoms of ADHD in children and adolescents as assessed by clinicians (OR 7.88, 95% CI 1.10 to 56.12). Desipramine and placebo were similar on "all-cause treatment discontinuation" (RD -0.10, 95% CI -0.25 to 0.04, 3 trials, 134 participants, very low quality evidence). Desipramine appeared more efficacious than clonidine in reducing ADHD symptoms as rated by parents (SMD -0.90, 95% CI -1.40 to -0.40, 1 trial, 68 participants, very low quality evidence) in participants with ADHD and comorbid tics or Tourette syndrome.Although this Cochrane Review did not identify serious adverse effects in patients taking TCAs, it did identify mild increases in diastolic blood pressure and pulse rates. Also, patients treated with desipramine had significantly higher rates of appetite suppression compared to placebo whilst nortriptyline resulted in weight gain. Other reported adverse effects included headache, confusion, sedation, tiredness, blurred vision, diaphoresis, dry mouth, abdominal discomfort, constipation, and urinary retention. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Most evidence on TCAs relates to desipramine. Findings suggest that, in the short term, desipramine improves the core symptoms of ADHD, but its effect on the cardiovascular system remains an important clinical concern. Thus, evidence supporting the clinical use of desipramine for the treatment of children with ADHD is low.
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- John Otasowie
- Child and Family Service, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Aconbury North, Worcester, UK, WR5 1JG
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The purpose of this review is to discuss how new advances in neuroimaging and functional network analyses are applied to electroencephalography (EEG) biofeedback or neurofeedback. Clinical efficacy of one or a few scalp EEG recordings used in the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been repeatedly demonstrated over the past 34 years. However, a problem is that improved clinical outcome often requires 40 to 80 sessions, which is expensive and difficult for patient compliance. This review cites the scientific literature of direct measures of the nodes and connections between nodes in the attention and default mode networks that are correlated with ADHD using functional magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and EEG inverse solutions such as low-resolution electromagnetic tomography. Three-dimensional EEG biofeedback that targets dysregulation in Brodmann areas of the attention and default networks provides increased specificity and can result in improved clinical outcome in fewer sessions.
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- Robert W. Thatcher
- EEG and NeuroImaging Laboratory, Applied Neuroscience Research Institute, Seminole, FL
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Prepuberal stimulation of 5-HT7-R by LP-211 in a rat model of hyper-activity and attention-deficit: permanent effects on attention, brain amino acids and synaptic markers in the fronto-striatal interface. PLoS One 2014; 9:e83003. [PMID: 24709857 PMCID: PMC3977819 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The cross-talk at the prefronto-striatal interface involves excitatory amino acids, different receptors, transducers and modulators. We investigated long-term effects of a prepuberal, subchronic 5-HT7-R agonist (LP-211) on adult behaviour, amino acids and synaptic markers in a model for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Naples High Excitability rats (NHE) and their Random Bred controls (NRB) were daily treated with LP-211 in the 5th and 6th postnatal week. One month after treatment, these rats were tested for indices of activity, non selective (NSA), selective spatial attention (SSA) and emotionality. The quantity of L-Glutamate (L-Glu), L-Aspartate (L-Asp) and L-Leucine (L-Leu), dopamine transporter (DAT), NMDAR1 subunit and CAMKIIα, were assessed in prefrontal cortex (PFC), dorsal (DS) and ventral striatum (VS), for their role in synaptic transmission, neural plasticity and information processing. Prepuberal LP-211 (at lower dose) reduced horizontal activity and (at higher dose) increased SSA, only for NHE but not in NRB rats. Prepuberal LP-211 increased, in NHE rats, L-Glu in the PFC and L-Asp in the VS (at 0.250 mg/kg dose), whereas (at 0.125 mg/kg dose) it decreased L-Glu and L-Asp in the DS. The L-Glu was decreased, at 0.125 mg/kg, only in the VS of NRB rats. The DAT levels were decreased with the 0.125 mg/kg dose (in the PFC), and increased with the 0.250 mg/kg dose (in the VS), significantly for NHE rats. The basal NMDAR1 level was higher in the PFC of NHE than NRB rats; LP-211 treatment (at 0.125 mg/kg dose) decreased NMDAR1 in the VS of NRB rats. This study represents a starting point about the impact of developmental 5-HT7-R activation on neuro-physiology of attentive processes, executive functions and their neural substrates.
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Weyandt L, Swentosky A, Gudmundsdottir BG. Neuroimaging and ADHD: fMRI, PET, DTI findings, and methodological limitations. Dev Neuropsychol 2013; 38:211-25. [PMID: 23682662 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2013.783833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by pervasive and developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. There is no conclusive cause of ADHD although a number of etiologic theories have been advanced. Research across neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and genetic disciplines collectively support a physiological basis for ADHD and, within the past decade, the number of neuroimaging studies concerning ADHD has increased exponentially. The current selective review summarizes research findings concerning ADHD using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Although these technologies and studies offer promise in helping to better understand the physiologic underpinnings of ADHD, they are not without methodological problems, including inadequate sensitivity and specificity for psychiatric disorders. Consequently, neuroimaging technology, in its current state of development, should not be used to inform clinical practice.
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- Lisa Weyandt
- Psychology Department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, USA.
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Ranta ME, Chen M, Crocetti D, Prince JL, Subramaniam K, Fischl B, Kaufmann WE, Mostofsky SH. Automated MRI parcellation of the frontal lobe. Hum Brain Mapp 2013; 35:2009-26. [PMID: 23897577 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2011] [Revised: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Examination of associations between specific disorders and physical properties of functionally relevant frontal lobe sub-regions is a fundamental goal in neuropsychiatry. Here, we present and evaluate automated methods of frontal lobe parcellation with the programs FreeSurfer(FS) and TOADS-CRUISE(T-C), based on the manual method described in Ranta et al. [2009]: Psychiatry Res 172:147-154 in which sulcal-gyral landmarks were used to manually delimit functionally relevant regions within the frontal lobe: i.e., primary motor cortex, anterior cingulate, deep white matter, premotor cortex regions (supplementary motor complex, frontal eye field, and lateral premotor cortex) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) regions (medial PFC, dorsolateral PFC, inferior PFC, lateral orbitofrontal cortex [OFC] and medial OFC). Dice's coefficient, a measure of overlap, and percent volume difference were used to measure the reliability between manual and automated delineations for each frontal lobe region. For FS, mean Dice's coefficient for all regions was 0.75 and percent volume difference was 21.2%. For T-C the mean Dice's coefficient was 0.77 and the mean percent volume difference for all regions was 20.2%. These results, along with a high degree of agreement between the two automated methods (mean Dice's coefficient = 0.81, percent volume difference = 12.4%) and a proof-of-principle group difference analysis that highlights the consistency and sensitivity of the automated methods, indicate that the automated methods are valid techniques for parcellation of the frontal lobe into functionally relevant sub-regions. Thus, the methodology has the potential to increase efficiency, statistical power and reproducibility for population analyses of neuropsychiatric disorders with hypothesized frontal lobe contributions.
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- Marin E Ranta
- Kennedy Krieger Institute, Laboratory for Neurocognitive Imaging and Research, Baltimore, Maryland
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Graner J, Oakes TR, French LM, Riedy G. Functional MRI in the investigation of blast-related traumatic brain injury. Front Neurol 2013; 4:16. [PMID: 23460082 PMCID: PMC3586697 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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This review focuses on the application of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to the investigation of blast-related traumatic brain injury (bTBI). Relatively little is known about the exact mechanisms of neurophysiological injury and pathological and functional sequelae of bTBI. Furthermore, in mild bTBI, standard anatomical imaging techniques (MRI and computed tomography) generally fail to show focal lesions and most of the symptoms present as subjective clinical functional deficits. Therefore, an objective test of brain functionality has great potential to aid in patient diagnosis and provide a sensitive measurement to monitor disease progression and treatment. The goal of this review is to highlight the relevant body of blast-related TBI literature and present suggestions and considerations in the development of fMRI studies for the investigation of bTBI. The review begins with a summary of recent bTBI publications followed by discussions of various elements of blast-related injury. Brief reviews of some fMRI techniques that focus on mental processes commonly disrupted by bTBI, including working memory, selective attention, and emotional processing, are presented in addition to a short review of resting state fMRI. Potential strengths and weaknesses of these approaches as regards bTBI are discussed. Finally, this review presents considerations that must be made when designing fMRI studies for bTBI populations, given the heterogeneous nature of bTBI and its high rate of comorbidity with other physical and psychological injuries.
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- John Graner
- National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD, USA ; National Capital Neuroimaging Consortium, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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Mitrani PP, Coffey DB. Worsening behavioral dysregulation in a triplet pair: undertreated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or untreated psychiatric comorbid disorders? J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2013; 23:130-5. [PMID: 23480327 DOI: 10.1089/cap.2013.2303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Molina-Carballo A, Naranjo-Gómez A, Uberos J, Justicia-Martínez F, Ruiz-Ramos MJ, Cubero-Millán I, Contreras-Chova F, Augustin-Morales MDC, Khaldy-Belkadi H, Muñoz-Hoyos A. Methylphenidate effects on blood serotonin and melatonin levels may help to synchronise biological rhythms in children with ADHD. J Psychiatr Res 2013; 47:377-83. [PMID: 23088865 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Revised: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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UNLABELLED The neuroendocrine mediators that may contribute to ADHD (Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder), serotonin and melatonin, are both thought to regulate circadian rhythms, neurological function and stress response. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of the chronic administration of prolonged release methylphenidate (PRMPH) on daily variations in blood serotonin and melatonin and on the excretion of 6-sulphatoxy-melatonin. A total of 179 children (136 males, 42 females) between the ages of 5 and 14 (9.70 ± 2.55) years were enrolled in a controlled quasi-experimental open clinical study. Of the sample, there were 136 Children with ADHD (based on DSM-IV-TR criteria), who were further grouped into subtypes, and the 42 siblings of the participants who did not ADHD patients. Blood samples were taken at 20:00 and 09:00; urine was collected between 21:00 and 09:00. In the ADHD group, the study protocol was repeated after 4.61 ± 2.3 months of treatment. Measurements included melatonin and serotonin by RIA and urine 6-S-aMT by ELISA. Factorial analyses were conducted by STATA 12.0. RESULTS ADHD patients showed reduced morning serotonin with a daily profile that was different than the control group due to the predominance of nocturnal concentrations. PRMPH did not result in any significant changes. Melatonin and its daily profile did not differ between controls and the ADHD group with a diurnal rhythm showing higher morning levels that disappear after PRMPH administration. Melatonin was higher in children with predominantly hyperactive-impulsive/conduct disorder subtype. PRMPH resulted in a decrease in 6-S-aMT excretion for both ADHD subtypes. CONCLUSION Chronic treatment with prolonged release methylphenidate induces subtle changes in the daily fluctuations and concentrations of both serotonin and melatonin. Improvement in Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) scores was not related to a morning increase in serotonin.
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- Antonio Molina-Carballo
- Servicio de Neuropediatría, Neuropsicología y Atención Temprana, Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain.
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Zhu Y, Gao B, Hua J, Liu W, Deng Y, Zhang L, Jiang B, Zang Y. Effects of methylphenidate on resting-state brain activity in normal adults: an fMRI study. Neurosci Bull 2013; 29:16-27. [PMID: 23361519 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1306-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Methylphenidate (MPH) is one of the most commonly used stimulants for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although several studies have evaluated the effects of MPH on human brain activation during specific cognitive tasks using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), few studies have focused on spontaneous brain activity. In the current study, we investigated the effect of MPH on the intra-regional synchronization of spontaneous brain activity during the resting state in 18 normal adult males. A handedness questionnaire and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale were applied before medication, and a resting-state fMRI scan was obtained 1 h after medication (20 mg MPH or placebo, order counterbalanced between participants). We demonstrated that: (1) there were no significant differences in the performance of behavioral tasks between the MPH and placebo groups; (2) the left middle and superior temporal gyri had stronger MPHrelated regional homogeneity (ReHo); and (3) the left lingual gyrus had weaker MPH-related ReHo. Our findings showed that the ReHo in some brain areas changes with MPH compared to placebo in normal adults, even though there are no behavioral differences. This method can be applied to patients with mental illness who may be treated with MPH, and be used to compare the difference between patients taking MPH and normal participants, to help reveal the mechanism of how MPH works.
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- Yihong Zhu
- Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Anderson J, Mizgalewicz A, Illes J. Reviews of functional MRI: the ethical dimensions of methodological critique. PLoS One 2012; 7:e42836. [PMID: 22952615 PMCID: PMC3429464 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Neuroimaging studies involving human subjects raise a range of ethics issues. Many of these issues are heightened in the context of neuroimaging research involving persons with mental health disorders. There has been growing interest in these issues among legal scholars, philosophers, social scientists, and as well as neuroimagers over the last decade. Less clear, however, is the extent to which members of the neuroimaging community are engaged with these issues when they undertake their research and report results. In this study, we analyze the peer-reviewed review literature involving fMRI as applied to the study of mental health disorders. Our hypothesis is that, due to the critical orientation of reviews, and the vulnerability of mental health population, the penetrance of neuroethics will be higher in the review literature in this area than it is in the primary fMRI research literature more generally. We find that while authors of reviews do focus a great deal of attention on the methodological limitations of the studies they discussed, contrary to our hypothesis, they do not frame concerns in ethical terms despite their ethical significance. We argue that an ethics lens on such discussion would increase the knowledge-value of this scholarly work.
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- National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Jacobson LA, Ryan M, Martin RB, Ewen J, Mostofsky SH, Denckla MB, Mahone EM. Working memory influences processing speed and reading fluency in ADHD. Child Neuropsychol 2011; 17:209-24. [PMID: 21287422 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2010.532204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Processing-speed deficits affect reading efficiency, even among individuals who recognize and decode words accurately. Children with ADHD who decode words accurately can still have inefficient reading fluency, leading to a bottleneck in other cognitive processes. This "slowing" in ADHD is associated with deficits in fundamental components of executive function underlying processing speed, including response selection. The purpose of the present study was to deconstruct processing speed in order to determine which components of executive control best explain the "processing" speed deficits related to reading fluency in ADHD. Participants (41 ADHD, 21 controls), ages 9-14 years, screened for language disorders, word reading deficits, and psychiatric disorders, were administered measures of copying speed, processing speed, reading fluency, working memory, reaction time, inhibition, and auditory attention span. Compared to controls, children with ADHD showed reduced oral and silent reading fluency and reduced processing speed-driven primarily by deficits on WISC-IV Coding. In contrast, groups did not differ on copying speed. After controlling for copying speed, sex, severity of ADHD-related symptomatology, and GAI, slowed "processing" speed (i.e., Coding) was significantly associated with verbal span and measures of working memory but not with measures of response control/inhibition, lexical retrieval speed, reaction time, or intrasubject variability. Further, "processing" speed (i.e., Coding, residualized for copying speed) and working memory were significant predictors of oral reading fluency. Abnormalities in working memory and response selection (which are frontally mediated and enter into the output side of processing speed) may play an important role in deficits in reading fluency in ADHD, potentially more than posteriorally mediated problems with orienting of attention or perceiving the stimulus.
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- Lisa A Jacobson
- Department of Neuropsychology , Kennedy Krieger Institute , Baltimore , MD , USA.
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Comprehensive examination of frontal regions in boys and girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2011; 17:1047-57. [PMID: 21923979 PMCID: PMC3534734 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617711001056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The current study examined regional frontal lobe volumes based on functionally relevant subdivisions in contemporaneously recruited samples of boys and girls with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Forty-four boys (21 ADHD, 23 control) and 42 girls (21 ADHD, 21 control), ages 8-13 years, participated. Sulcal-gyral landmarks were used to manually delimit functionally relevant regions within the frontal lobe: primary motor cortex, anterior cingulate, deep white matter, premotor regions [supplementary motor complex (SMC), frontal eye field, lateral premotor cortex (LPM)], and prefrontal cortex (PFC) regions [medial PFC, dorsolateral PFC (DLPFC), inferior PFC, lateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and medial OFC]. Compared to sex-matched controls, boys and girls with ADHD showed reduced volumes (gray and white matter) in the left SMC. Conversely, girls (but not boys) with ADHD showed reduced gray matter volume in left LPM; while boys (but not girls) with ADHD showed reduced white matter volume in left medial PFC. Reduced left SMC gray matter volumes predicted increased go/no-go commission rate in children with ADHD. Reduced left LPM gray matter volumes predicted increased go/no-go variability, but only among girls with ADHD. Results highlight different patterns of anomalous frontal lobe development among boys and girls with ADHD beyond that detected by measuring whole lobar volumes.
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Bush G. Cingulate, frontal, and parietal cortical dysfunction in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2011; 69:1160-7. [PMID: 21489409 PMCID: PMC3109164 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2010] [Revised: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Functional and structural neuroimaging have identified abnormalities of the brain that are likely to contribute to the neuropathophysiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In particular, hypofunction of the brain regions comprising the cingulo-frontal-parietal cognitive-attention network have been consistently observed across studies. These are major components of neural systems that are relevant to ADHD, including cognitive/attention networks, motor systems, and reward/feedback-based processing systems. Moreover, these areas interact with other brain circuits that have been implicated in ADHD, such as the "default mode" resting state network. The ADHD imaging data related to cingulo-frontal-parietal network dysfunction will be selectively highlighted here to help facilitate its integration with the other information presented in this special issue. Together, these reviews will help shed light on the neurobiology of ADHD.
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- George Bush
- Psychiatric Neuroscience Program, MGH–East, CNY2614, Building 149, Thirteenth Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
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Brain networks appear to have few and well localized regions with high functional connectivity density (hubs) for fast integration of neural processing, and their dysfunction could contribute to neuropsychiatric diseases. However the variability in the distribution of these brain hubs is unknown due in part to the overwhelming computational demands associated to their localization. Recently we developed a fast algorithm to map the local functional connectivity density (lFCD). Here we extend our method to map the global density (gFDC) taking advantage of parallel computing. We mapped the gFCD in the brain of 1031 subjects from the 1000 Functional Connectomes project and show that the strongest hubs are located in regions of the default mode network (DMN) and in sensory cortices, whereas subcortical regions exhibited the weakest hubs. The strongest hubs were consistently located in ventral precuneus/cingulate gyrus (previously identified by other analytical methods including lFCD) and in primary visual cortex (BA 17/18), which highlights their centrality to resting connectivity networks. In contrast and after rescaling, hubs in prefrontal regions had lower gFCD than lFCD, which suggests that their local functional connectivity (as opposed to long-range connectivity) prevails in the resting state. The power scaling of the probability distribution of gFCD hubs (as for lFCD) was consistent across research centers further corroborating the "scale-free" topology of brain networks. Within and between-subject variability for gFCD were twice than that for lFCD (20% vs. 12% and 84% vs. 34%, respectively) suggesting that gFCD is more sensitive to individual differences in functional connectivity.
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- Dardo Tomasi
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Tomasi D, Volkow ND. Functional connectivity hubs in the human brain. Neuroimage 2011; 57:908-17. [PMID: 21609769 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Brain networks appear to have few and well localized regions with high functional connectivity density (hubs) for fast integration of neural processing, and their dysfunction could contribute to neuropsychiatric diseases. However the variability in the distribution of these brain hubs is unknown due in part to the overwhelming computational demands associated to their localization. Recently we developed a fast algorithm to map the local functional connectivity density (lFCD). Here we extend our method to map the global density (gFDC) taking advantage of parallel computing. We mapped the gFCD in the brain of 1031 subjects from the 1000 Functional Connectomes project and show that the strongest hubs are located in regions of the default mode network (DMN) and in sensory cortices, whereas subcortical regions exhibited the weakest hubs. The strongest hubs were consistently located in ventral precuneus/cingulate gyrus (previously identified by other analytical methods including lFCD) and in primary visual cortex (BA 17/18), which highlights their centrality to resting connectivity networks. In contrast and after rescaling, hubs in prefrontal regions had lower gFCD than lFCD, which suggests that their local functional connectivity (as opposed to long-range connectivity) prevails in the resting state. The power scaling of the probability distribution of gFCD hubs (as for lFCD) was consistent across research centers further corroborating the "scale-free" topology of brain networks. Within and between-subject variability for gFCD were twice than that for lFCD (20% vs. 12% and 84% vs. 34%, respectively) suggesting that gFCD is more sensitive to individual differences in functional connectivity.
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- Dardo Tomasi
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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McDougall SA, Der-Ghazarian T, Britt CE, Varela FA, Crawford CA. Postnatal manganese exposure alters the expression of D2L and D2S receptor isoforms: relationship to PKA activity and Akt levels. Synapse 2010; 65:583-91. [PMID: 21484877 DOI: 10.1002/syn.20877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2010] [Accepted: 09/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Postnatal manganese chloride (Mn) exposure causes persistent changes in presynaptic dopamine (DA) functioning (e.g., Mn reduces DA transporter levels and DA uptake), but evidence that Mn affects postsynaptic DA receptors and their associated second messenger systems is equivocal. Therefore, a goal of the present study was to determine whether exposing rats to Mn on postnatal days (PD) 1-21 would cause long-term alterations in D2 long (D2L) and D2 short (D2S) receptors that were detectible in adulthood (i.e., on PD 90). Signaling systems associated with D2 receptors were also assessed. Specifically, we measured protein kinase A (PKA) activity in the dorsal striatum and prefrontal cortex (PFC), whereas immunoblotting was used to quantify phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt) and phosphorylated ERK. Results showed that early Mn exposure caused a persistent elevation of D2L and D2S protein expression in the dorsal striatum, as well as an increase in the number of D2 binding sites. Conversely, Mn reduced D2 specific binding in the PFC on PD 90. PKA activity of Mn-treated rats was enhanced in both the dorsal striatum and PFC, whereas p-Akt levels were elevated in the dorsal striatum. When considered together, these results suggest that postnatal Mn exposure either directly or indirectly alters the functioning of postsynaptic DA receptors. One possibility is that early Mn exposure depresses presynaptic dopaminergic functioning and reduces DA levels, thereby causing an up-regulation of D2 receptors and a dysregulation of DA-associated signaling pathways. An alternative explanation is that early Mn exposure affects D2 receptors and PKA/p-Akt levels via independent mechanisms.
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- Sanders A McDougall
- Department of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino, California 92407, USA.
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Valko L, Schneider G, Doehnert M, Müller U, Brandeis D, Steinhausen HC, Drechsler R. Time processing in children and adults with ADHD. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2010; 117:1213-28. [DOI: 10.1007/s00702-010-0473-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 08/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Population neuroscience endeavours to identify environmental and genetic factors that shape the function and structure of the human brain; it uses tools and knowledge of genetics, epidemiology, and cognitive neuroscience. Here, I focus on the application of population neuroscience in studies of brain development. By describing in some detail four existing large-scale magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies of typically developing children and adolescents, I provide an overview of their design, including population sampling and recruitment, assessments of environmental and genetic "exposures," and measurements of brain and behavior "outcomes." I then discuss challenges faced by investigators carrying out such MR-based studies, including quality assurance, quality control and intersite coordination, and provide a brief overview of the achievements made so far. I conclude by outlining future directions vis-à-vis population neuroscience, such as design strategies that can be used to evaluate the presence of absence of causality in associations discovered by observational studies.
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- Tomás Paus
- Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Church JA, Petersen SE, Schlaggar BL. The "Task B problem" and other considerations in developmental functional neuroimaging. Hum Brain Mapp 2010; 31:852-62. [PMID: 20496376 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Functional neuroimaging provides a remarkable tool to allow us to study cognition across the lifespan and in special populations in a safe way. However, experimenters face a number of methodological issues, and these issues are particularly pertinent when imaging children. This brief article discusses assessing task performance, strategies for dealing with group performance differences, controlling for movement, statistical power, proper atlas registration, and data analysis strategies. In addition, there will be discussion of two other topics that have important implications for interpreting fMRI data: the question of whether functional neuroanatomical differences between adults and children are the consequence of putative developmental neurovascular differences, and the issue of interpreting negative blood oxygenation-level dependent (BOLD) signal change.
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- Jessica A Church
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Ivanov I, Bansal R, Hao X, Zhu H, Kellendonk C, Miller L, Sanchez-Pena J, Miller AM, Chakravarty MM, Klahr K, Durkin K, Greenhill LL, Peterson BS. Morphological abnormalities of the thalamus in youths with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2010; 167:397-408. [PMID: 20123910 PMCID: PMC4282161 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09030398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The role of the thalamus in the genesis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remains poorly understood. The authors used anatomical MRI to examine the morphology of the thalamus in youths with ADHD and healthy comparison youths. METHOD The authors examined 46 youths with ADHD and 59 comparison youths 8-18 years of age in a cross-sectional case-control study. Conventional volumes and measures of surface morphology of the thalamus served as the main outcome measures. RESULTS A mixed-effects model comparing whole thalamic volumes revealed no significant differences between groups. Maps of the thalamic surface revealed significantly smaller regional volumes bilaterally in the pulvinar in youths with ADHD relative to comparison subjects. Post hoc analyses showed that ADHD patients who received stimulants (N=31) had larger conventional thalamic volumes than untreated youths with ADHD, and maps of the thalamic surface showed enlargement over the pulvinar in those receiving stimulants. Smaller regional volumes in the right lateral and left posterior thalamic surfaces were associated with more severe hyperactivity symptoms, whereas larger regional volumes in the right medial thalamic surfaces were associated with more severe symptoms of inattention. CONCLUSION These findings demonstrate reduced pulvinar volumes in youths with ADHD and indicate that this same area is relatively enlarged in patients treated with stimulants compared to those untreated. Associations of hyperactivity scores with smaller regional volumes on the lateral thalamic surface and inattention scores with larger regional volumes on the medial thalamic surface suggest the differential involvement of thalamic subcircuits in the pathogenesis of differing ADHD symptoms.
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- Iliyan Ivanov
- ivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA.
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Bush G. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and attention networks. Neuropsychopharmacology 2010; 35:278-300. [PMID: 19759528 PMCID: PMC3055423 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2009] [Revised: 07/28/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Research attempting to elucidate the neuropathophysiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not only shed light on the disorder itself, it has simultaneously provided new insights into the mechanisms of normal cognition and attention. This review will highlight and integrate this bidirectional flow of information. Following a brief overview of ADHD clinical phenomenology, ADHD studies will be placed into a wider historical perspective by providing illustrative examples of how major models of attention have influenced the development of neurocircuitry models of ADHD. The review will then identify major components of neural systems potentially relevant to ADHD, including attention networks, reward/feedback-based processing systems, as well as a 'default mode' resting state network. Further, it will suggest ways in which these systems may interact and be influenced by neuromodulatory factors. Recent ADHD imaging data will be selectively provided to both illustrate the field's current level of knowledge and to show how such data can inform our understanding of normal brain functions. The review will conclude by suggesting possible avenues for future research.
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- George Bush
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Functional MRI in children: clinical and research applications. Pediatr Radiol 2010; 40:31-49. [PMID: 19937236 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1452-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Revised: 09/29/2009] [Accepted: 10/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Functional MRI has become a critical research tool for evaluating brain function and developmental trajectories in children. Its clinical use in children is becoming more common. This presentation will review the basic underlying physiologic and technical aspects of fMRI, review research applications that have direct clinical relevance, and outline the current clinical uses of this technology.
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Church JA, Wenger KK, Dosenbach NUF, Miezin FM, Petersen SE, Schlaggar BL. Task control signals in pediatric tourette syndrome show evidence of immature and anomalous functional activity. Front Hum Neurosci 2009; 3:38. [PMID: 19949483 PMCID: PMC2784679 DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.038.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2009] [Accepted: 10/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a pediatric movement disorder that may affect control signaling in the brain. Previous work has proposed a dual-networks architecture of control processing involving a task-maintenance network and an adaptive control network (Dosenbach et al., 2008). A prior resting-state functional connectivity MRI (rs-fcMRI) analysis in TS has revealed functional immaturity in both putative control networks, with "anomalous" correlations (i.e., correlations outside the typical developmental range) limited to the adaptive control network (Church et al., 2009). The present study used functional MRI (fMRI) to study brain activity related to adaptive control (by studying start-cues signals), and to task-maintenance (by studying signals sustained across a task set). Two hypotheses from the previous rs-fcMRI results were tested. First, adaptive control (i.e., start-cue) activity will be altered in TS, including activity inconsistent with typical development ("anomalous"). Second, group differences found in task-maintenance (i.e., sustained) activity will be consistent with functional immaturity in TS. We examined regions found through a direct comparison of adolescents with and without TS, as well as regions derived from a previous investigation that showed differences between unaffected children and adults. The TS group showed decreased start-cue signal magnitude in regions where start-cue activity is unchanged over typical development, consistent with anomalous adaptive control. The TS group also had higher magnitude sustained signals in frontal cortex regions that overlapped with regions showing differences over typical development, consistent with immature task-maintenance in TS. The results demonstrate task-related fMRI signal differences anticipated by the atypical functional connectivity found previously in adolescents with TS, strengthening the evidence for functional immaturity and anomalous signaling in control networks in adolescents with TS.
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- Jessica A Church
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Uekermann J, Kraemer M, Abdel-Hamid M, Schimmelmann BG, Hebebrand J, Daum I, Wiltfang J, Kis B. Social cognition in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2009; 34:734-43. [PMID: 19857516 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Revised: 10/06/2009] [Accepted: 10/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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UNLABELLED Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with a range of cognitive deficits and social cognition impairments, which might be interpreted in the context of fronto-striatal dysfunction. So far only few studies have addressed the issue of social cognition deficits in ADHD. METHOD Medline and Psyclit searches were performed for a 30-year period (1979-2009) using the words 'ADHD' and 'social cognition', 'theory of mind', 'prosody', 'face perception', 'humour' or 'social information processing'. Inclusion criteria consisted of a diagnosis according to DSM as well as the inclusion of a control group or a follow-up assessment following the treatment with methylphenidate. RESULTS ADHD is clearly associated with social cognition impairments involving emotional face and prosody perception. Although the database is sparse so far, there is some evidence for theory of mind deficits and reduced empathy in ADHD. CONCLUSIONS In summary, the social cognition impairments are consistent with fronto-striatal dysfunction in ADHD, but other functional networks of brain areas also appear to be implicated.
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- J Uekermann
- LVR Clinics Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Essen, Germany.
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Rubia K, Halari R, Cubillo A, Mohammad AM, Brammer M, Taylor E. Methylphenidate normalises activation and functional connectivity deficits in attention and motivation networks in medication-naïve children with ADHD during a rewarded continuous performance task. Neuropharmacology 2009; 57:640-52. [PMID: 19715709 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2009] [Revised: 07/17/2009] [Accepted: 08/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have deficits in motivation and attention that can be ameliorated with the indirect dopamine agonist Methylphenidate (MPH). We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the effects of MPH in medication-naïve children with ADHD on the activation and functional connectivity of "cool" attentional as well as "hot" motivation networks. METHODS 13 medication-naïve children with ADHD were scanned twice, under either an acute clinical dose of MPH or Placebo, in a randomised, double-blind design, while they performed a rewarded continuous performance task that measured vigilant selective attention and the effects of reward. Brain activation and functional connectivity was compared to that of 13 healthy age-matched controls to test for normalisation effects of MPH. RESULTS MPH normalised performance deficits that were observed in children with ADHD compared to controls. Under placebo, children with ADHD showed reduced activation and functional inter-connectivity in bilateral fronto-striato-parieto-cerebellar networks during the attention condition, but enhanced activation in the orbitofrontal and superior temporal cortices for reward. MPH within children with ADHD enhanced the activation of fronto-striato-cerebellar and parieto-temporal regions. Compared to controls, MPH normalised differences during vigilant attention in parieto-temporal activation and fronto-striatal and fronto-cerebellar connectivity; MPH also normalised the enhanced orbitofrontal activation in children with ADHD in response to reward. CONCLUSIONS MPH normalised attention differences between children with ADHD and controls by both up-regulation of dysfunctional fronto-striato-thalamo-cerebellar and parieto-temporal attention networks and down-regulation of hyper-sensitive orbitofrontal activation for reward processing. MPH thus shows context-dependent dissociative modulation of both motivational and attentional neuro-functional networks in children with ADHD.
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- Katya Rubia
- Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK.
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van Eimeren T, Monchi O, Ballanger B, Strafella AP. Dysfunction of the default mode network in Parkinson disease: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 66:877-83. [PMID: 19597090 DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the integrity of the default mode network in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Previous functional neuroimaging experiments have studied executive deficits in patients with PD with regard to task-related brain activation. However, recent studies suggest that executive performance also relies on the integrity of the default mode network (ie, medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, precuneus, and lateral parietal and medial temporal cortices), characterized by a deactivation of these cortical areas during the performance of executive tasks. DESIGN We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate cortical deactivations during a card-sorting task (retrieval and manipulation of short-term memory contents) compared with a simple sensory-motor matching task. In addition, a functional connectivity analysis was performed. SETTING Tertiary outpatient clinic. PARTICIPANTS Seven patients with mild to moderate PD (not taking medication) and 7 healthy controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Cortical deactivations. RESULTS Both groups showed comparable deactivation of the medial prefrontal cortex but different deactivation in the posterior cingulate cortex and the precuneus. Compared with controls, patients with PD not only showed less deactivation of the posterior cingulate cortex and the precuneus, they even demonstrated a reversed pattern of activation and deactivation. Connectivity analysis yielded that in contrast to healthy individuals, medial prefrontal cortex and the rostral ventromedial caudate nucleus were functionally disconnected in PD. CONCLUSIONS We describe specific malfunctioning of the default mode network during an executive task in PD. This finding is plausibly linked to dopamine depletion and may critically contribute to the understanding of executive deficits in PD.
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- Thilo van Eimeren
- Division of Brain, Imaging and Behaviour-Systems Neuroscience, Toronto Western Research Institute, and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8, Canada
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