Cited by 354Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesMind wandering and attention

Atypical default network connectivity in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Open access
Fair, Damien A., Posner, Jonathan, Nagel, Bonnie J., Bathula, Deepti, Dias, Taciana G. Costa, Mills, Kathryn L., Blythe, Michael S., Giwa, Aishat +2 more·2010·Biological Psychiatry

Abstract

Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a major public health concern. It has been suggested that the brain's default network may provide a crucial avenue for understanding the neurobiology of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Evaluations of the default network have increased over recent years with the applied technique of resting-state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fcMRI). These investigations have established that spontaneous activity in this network is highly correlated at rest in young adult populations. This coherence seems to be reduced in adults with ADHD. This is an intriguing finding, as coherence in spontaneous activity within the default network strengthens with age. Thus, the pathophysiology of ADHD might include delayed or disrupted maturation of the default network. If so, it is important to determine whether an altered developmental picture can be detected using rs-fcMRI in children with ADHD.Methods This study used the typical developmental context provided previously by Fair et al. (2008) to examine coherence of brain activity within the default network using rs-fcMRI in children with (n = 23) and without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (n = 23).Results We found that functional connections previously shown as developmentally dynamic in the default network were atypical in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder-consistent with perturbation or failure of the maturational processes.Conclusions These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that atypical consolidation of this network over development plays a role in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.07.003

Cites

77 of 77 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 3

  1. [18]Gilbert SJ Dumontheil I Simons JS Frith CD Burgess PW Comment on “Wandering minds: The default network and stimulus-Independent thought” Science 2007 317 43 17615325
  2. [35]Conners CK Conners 3rd Edition Manual 2008 Multi-Health Systems Inc. Toronto
  3. [65]Castellanos FX Margulies DS Kelly C Uddin LQ Ghaffari M Kirsch A Cingulate-precuneus interactions: a new locus of dysfunction in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Biol Psychiatry 2008 63 332 337 17888409 PMC2745053

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Fair, D. A., Posner, J., Nagel, B. J., Bathula, D., Dias, T. G. C., Mills, K. L., Blythe, M. S., Giwa, A., Schmitt, C. F., & Nigg, J. T.
Affiliations
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Fair, Damien A.
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-12
Volume
68
Issue
12
Pages
1084-1091
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2082502102
Cited by
354
References
77
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 48 · 2013: 35 · 2012: 28
FWCI
16.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute
  • Medical Research Foundation
  • UNCF Merck postdoctoral fellowship
  • Ford Foundation
  • Portland Alcohol Research Center pilot funds (P60 AA010760)
  • Oregon Health and Science University Neuropsychiatric Institute
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, default mode network, resting-state functional connectivity, children, brain maturation, developmental trajectories, spontaneous brain activity, neurodevelopmental hypothesis
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Age Factors, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Brain, Brain Mapping, Child, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review