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Evaluating Dopamine Reward Pathway in ADHD: Clinical Implications
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We used positron emission tomography to measure dopamine synaptic markers (transporters and D2/D3 receptors) in 53 nonmedicated adults with ADHD and 44 healthy controls. For both ligands, statistical parametric mapping showed that specific binding was lower in ADHD than in controls in regions of the dopamine reward pathway in the left side of the brain. The mean for DAT in the nucleus accumbens for controls was 0.71 vs 0.63 for those with ADHD and in the midbrain for controls was 0.16 vs 0.09 for those with ADHD. For D2/D3 receptors, the mean in the caudate for controls was 2.80 vs 2.67 for those with ADHD; and in the accumbens for controls was 2.85 vs 2.68 for those with ADHD.
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“for D2/D3 receptors, the mean accumbens for controls was 2.85 vs 2.68 for those with ADHD (95% CI, 0.06–0.30, P=.004)”
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“differences in D2/D3 in the hypothalamic region, with controls having a mean of 0.12 vs 0.05 for those with ADHD (95% CI, 0.02–0.12; P=.004)”
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“but the reductions in left hypothalamic region were not significantly different (Table 2).”
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“and in the midbrain for controls was 0.16 vs 0.09 for those with ADHD (95% CI, 0.03–0.12; P ≤ .001)”
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“and in the midbrain, it was for controls 0.28 vs 0.18 for those with ADHD (95% CI, 0.02–0.17, P=.01)”
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“The correlations with reflectivity or impulsivity and the PET dopamine measures were not significant”
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“However, despite this limitation, significant differences in the latter regions between controls and participants with ADHD was shown.”
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“For both ligands, statistical parametric mapping showed that specific binding was lower in ADHD than in controls (threshold for significance set at P<.005) in regions of the dopamine reward pathway in the left side of the brain.”
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“Statistical parametric mapping analysis of the [11C]raclopride distribution volume ratio images revealed 1 cluster with lower D2/D3 availability in ADHD participants than controls in the left hemisphere.”
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“Statistical parametric mapping analysis of the [11C]cocaine distribution volume ratio images revealed a cluster in the same location as manifested in the [11C]raclopride images.”
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“The mean (95% CI for mean difference) of the K1 measures for [11C]cocaine did not differ in the left caudate with 0.49 among the controls vs 0.48 among those with ADHD (95% CI, −0.05 to 0.03) or in left accumbens region with a respective difference of 0.49 vs 0.51 among those with ADHD (95% CI, −0.02 to 0.07).”
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“In contrast the K1 measures for [11C]raclopride (transport of radioligand from plasma to tissue) did not differ either in left caudate with the both groups having a mean 0.11 (95% confidence interval [CI], −0.01 to 0.006 mean difference) or in left accumbens region with the controls having a mean of 0.12 vs a mean of 0.11 for those with ADHD (95% CI, −0.01 to 0.005).”
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“There were no regions that were higher in ADHD participants than in controls.”
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“and with DAT in the midbrain (r=0.37; 95% CI, 0.16–0.53; P ≤ .001).”
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“Lower than normal D2/D3 receptors and DAT availability in ADHD in the caudate was also demonstrated.”
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“Genetic and environmental etiologies that implicate the neurotransmitter dopamine have been proposed for ADHD.3”
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“The psychometric properties of the SWAN rating scale are superior to those of truncated symptom-severity ratings scales.22”
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“Thus, this finding is preliminary and in need of replication.”
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“which could reflect that the scores were low and thus the sensitivity to observe such a correlation was lacking.”
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“The preliminary finding reported herein of lower than normal dopamine D2/D3 receptor availability in the hypothalamic region of ADHD participants is intriguing because if replicated, it could hypothetically provide a neurobiological basis for the high co-morbidity of ADHD with signs and symptoms suggestive of hypothalamic pathology45 such as sleep disturbances,46 overweight or obesity,47 and abnor”
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“the laterality effects should be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication.”
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“This study was not initially designed to evaluate hypothalamic dopamine involvement in ADHD.”
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“Evidence from brain imaging studies have shown that brain dopamine neurotransmission is disrupted in ADHD5–9 and that these deficits may underlie core symptoms of inattention8 and impulsivity.9”
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“Morphological MRI images were not obtained and thus whether volumetric differences in striatum in those with ADHD that could account for these findings could not be ascertained since volumetric differences in striatum have been reported in ADHD.36–40”
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“In our study, the D2/D3 receptor measures in accumbens were correlated with the dimension of attention, which would implicate the dopamine reward pathway in the symptoms of inattention in ADHD.”
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“This pathway plays a key role in reinforcement-motivation and in learning stimuli-reward associations,51 and its involvement in ADHD supports the use of interventions to enhance the saliency of school and work tasks to improve performance.”
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“This rating system has been widely used in clinical and research settings and has well-established factor structure, reliability, and validity (Table 1).24”
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“The reward deficits in ADHD are characterized by a failure to delay gratification, impaired response to partial schedules of reinforcement, and preference for small immediate rewards over larger delayed rewards.31”
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“Finally, because a low number of dopamine D2/D3 receptors in the nucleus accumbens have been associated with a greater risk for drug abuse,33 future work should determine if the lower than normal D2/D3 receptor availability in the accumbens region in ADHD underlies the higher vulnerability for substance abuse in this population.34”
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“Both motivational interventions and contingency management have been shown to improve performance in ADHD patients.52”
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“Another study limitation was that measures of reward sensitivity were not performed. Thus, we can only infer that the decreases in the dopamine markers in the accumbens region could underlie the reward deficits that have been reported in patients with ADHD.”
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“Multiple hypothalamic nuclei express dopamine D2 receptors,49 but the limited spatial resolution of a PET scan does not allow for localizing where the differences between the groups occurred.”
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“low statistical power may have contributed to the lack of significant ADHD-normal differences in the right brain regions.”
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“Definitions for significant difference for the outcome measures1 were that statistical parametric mapping comparisons for the DAT and the D2/D3 images had to be significant at P<.005 (cluster corrected > 100 voxels) and the regional findings had to be corroborated by independently drawn region of interests2; comparisons for these corroborative measures had to be significant at P<.053; correlations”
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“The mesoaccumbens dopamine pathway, which projects from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) in the midbrain to the nucleus accumbens is critically involved in reward and motivation14 and has been hypothesized to underlie the reward and motivational deficits observed in ADHD.11,15”
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“Alternatively it could reflect the involvement of frontal regions in impulsivity,57 which could not be measured with current PET radioligands; D2/D3 receptors and DAT levels in frontal regions are very low.”
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“There is also increased awareness that patients with ADHD may have reward and motivation deficits.10–12”
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“but the limited spatial resolution of a PET scan does not allow for localizing where the differences between the groups occurred.”
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No prior study has directly measured synaptic dopamine markers in the accumbens region of individuals with ADHD.
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D2/D3 receptors and DAT levels in frontal regions are very low.
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“using positron emission tomography (PET) we showed lower than normal availability of DA D2/D3 receptors (measured with [ 11 C]raclopride) and of DA transporters (measured with [ 11 C]cocaine) in the midbrain and in NAcc in drug naïve ADHD participants compared to non-ADHD control subjects 10 .”
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“As a number of researchers have described [106,149], substance-use disorders are typically accompanied by decreased reward motivation for typical and non-pathological rewards, a phenomenon that has been variously termed ‘motivational toxicity’ [150] and ‘reward-deficiency syndrome’ [151].”
From Reward circuitry dysfunction in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic syndromes: animal models and clinical findings (2012) · cites this paper as [149]
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“The immediate and marked response of ADHD symptoms to stimulant medications such as amphetamines and methylphenidate, which increase levels of synaptic dopamine, suggests that the main underlying pathophysiological process may involve deficits or imbalances in catecholaminergic, dopaminergic, and nicotinergic functioning [109-111].”
From European consensus statement on diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD: The European Network Adult ADHD (2010) · cites this paper as [111]
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“It readily applies to ADHD because children with ADHD are at elevated risk of addiction, and both addiction and ADHD have been strongly associated with dysfunction in ascending dopaminergic systems that relate to reward response (Volkow et al., 2009, Volkow et al., 2011a, Volkow et al., 2011b).”
From Characterizing heterogeneity in children with and without ADHD based on reward system connectivity (2015) · cites this paper as Volkow et al., 2009
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“It readily applies to ADHD because children with ADHD are at elevated risk of addiction, and both addiction and ADHD have been strongly associated with dysfunction in ascending dopaminergic systems that relate to reward response (Volkow et al., 2009, Volkow et al., 2011a, Volkow et al., 2011b).”
From Characterizing heterogeneity in children with and without ADHD based on reward system connectivity (2015) · cites this paper as Volkow et al., 2009
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“Stimulant treatment, such as methylphenidate, is known to act directly on brain regions associated with disrupted dopamine reward pathways in ADHD [62,63] and may be responsible for the global effects seen with stimulant treatment in ADHD.”
From Will Working Memory Training Generalize to Improve Off-Task Behavior in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? (2012) · cites this paper as [63]
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“A subsequent study of ADHD subjects showed the same finding of reduced D2 receptor binding in the ventral striatum and caudate (Volkow et al., 2009), which correlated inversely with attention.”
From Imaging addiction: D2 receptors and dopamine signaling in the striatum as biomarkers for impulsivity (2014) · cites this paper as Volkow et al., 2009
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“Based on these results, this group hypothesized that decreased dopamine transmission plays a role in the motivation and reward deficits seen in ADHD, which are characterized by poor response inhibition and preference for small immediate rewards over larger delayed rewards (Volkow et al., 2009).”
From Imaging addiction: D2 receptors and dopamine signaling in the striatum as biomarkers for impulsivity (2014) · cites this paper as Volkow et al., 2009
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“A number of studies have shown that ADHD is associated with a motivational deficit due to a dopamine dysfunction in the basal ganglia [71–73].”
From The brain anatomy of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in young adults—a magnetic resonance imaging study (2017) · cites this paper as [71]
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“Recent studies have further indicated deficits in the dopamine reward circuitry,3–5 as predicted by developmental neurobiological models of the disorder.6–8”
From Striatal sensitivity during reward processing in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (2012) · cites this paper as [5]
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“Neurochemical studies have demonstrated alterations in dopaminergic signaling in the striatum and the midbrain in ADHD, and linked such alterations with inattention symptoms and motivation problems in children and adults with ADHD.5,27–29”
From Striatal sensitivity during reward processing in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (2012) · cites this paper as [5]
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“A recent set of case–control PET studies in adult medication-naïve patients found that ADHD is associated with reduced dopamine transporter and dopamine D2/D3 receptor availability in selected brain regions of the left hemisphere, including the nucleus accumbens, caudate and midbrain (Volkow et al., 2007a, b, 2009).”
From A positron emission tomography study of nigro-striatal dopaminergic mechanisms underlying attention: implications for ADHD and its treatment (2013) · cites this paper as Volkow et al., 2007a, b, 2009
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“This question is particularly relevant because findings for both juvenile and adult ADHD have implicated functional and structural midbrain abnormalities in the pathophysiology of the disorder (Ernst et al., 1999; Jucaite et al., 2005; Volkow et al., 2009; Romanos et al., 2010), also consistent with experimental animal models of ADHD (Leo et al., 2003).”
From A positron emission tomography study of nigro-striatal dopaminergic mechanisms underlying attention: implications for ADHD and its treatment (2013) · cites this paper as Volkow et al., 2009
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“This result is consistent with previous evidence implicating the left caudate in inattentiveness, not only in patients with ADHD, but also in healthy subjects (Schrimsher et al., 2002; Volkow et al., 2007a, b, 2009) and is also congruent with reports that lesions in the left caudate produce attentional deficits (Benke et al., 2003).”
From A positron emission tomography study of nigro-striatal dopaminergic mechanisms underlying attention: implications for ADHD and its treatment (2013) · cites this paper as Volkow et al., 2007a, b, 2009
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§ Evaluating Dopamine Reward Pathway in ADHD > RESULTS > Correlation With ADHD Symptoms Dimensions
“The dimension of attention (from the SWAN) was negatively correlated with D2/D3 receptor availability in the left accumbens region (r=0.35; 95% CI, 0.15–0.52; P=.001)”
§ Evaluating Dopamine Reward Pathway in ADHD > RESULTS > Correlation With ADHD Symptoms Dimensions
“Because the SWAN scale rates symptoms with a positive scale (from 1 to 3) and the opposite of symptoms with a negative scales (from −1 to −3) the negative correlation indicates that the lower the dopamine measures, the greater the symptoms of inattention.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Volkow, N. D., Wang, G.-J., Kollins, S. H., Wigal, T. L., Newcorn, J. H., Telang, F., Fowler, J. S., Zhu, W., Logan, J., Ma, Y., Pradhan, K., Wong, C., & Swanson, J. M.
- Affiliations
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (US)
- Corresponding author
- Volkow, Nora D.
- ORCID
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2009-09-09
- Volume
- 302
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1084
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- PMC
- PMC2958516
- OpenAlex
- W2071411087
- Semantic Scholar
- 73303180da9a733fdf01dc78501b5769db289660
- Cited by
- 728
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 67 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 40 · 2016: 29 · 2015: 39 · 2014: 62 · 2013: 52 · 2012: 61
- FWCI
- 33.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (ZIAAA000550)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH066961)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K24DA023464)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dopamine reward pathway, dopamine transporter, D2/D3 receptors, nucleus accumbens, caudate nucleus, adult ADHD, neuroimaging biomarkers, cocaine binding, left hemisphere lateralization, inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Brain, Brain Mapping, Carbon Radioisotopes, Cocaine, Dopamine, Female, Humans, Male, Mesencephalon, Synaptic Transmission, Reward, Dopamine Agents, Receptors, Dopamine D2, Raclopride, Positron-Emission Tomography, Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
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