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Gray Matter Alterations in Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Identified by Voxel Based Morphometry

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Seidman, Larry J., Biederman, Joseph, Liang, Lichen, Valera, Eve M., Monuteaux, Michael C., Brown, Ariel, Kaiser, Jonathan, Spencer, Thomas +2 more·2011·Biological Psychiatry

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Background Gray and white matter volume deficits have been reported in many structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, there is a paucity of structural MRI studies of adults with ADHD. This study used voxel based morphometry and applied an a priori region of interest approach based on our previous work, as well as from well-developed neuroanatomical theories of ADHD. Methods Seventy-four adults with DSM-IV ADHD and 54 healthy control subjects comparable on age, sex, race, handedness, IQ, reading achievement, frequency of learning disabilities, and whole brain volume had an MRI on a 1.5T Siemens scanner. A priori region of interest hypotheses focused on reduced volumes in ADHD in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, caudate, putamen, inferior parietal lobule, and cerebellum. Analyses were carried out by FSL-VBM 1.1. Results Relative to control subjects, ADHD adults had significantly smaller gray matter volumes in parts of six of these regions at p ≤ .01, whereas parts of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and inferior parietal lobule were significantly larger in ADHD at this threshold. However, a number of other regions were smaller and larger in ADHD (especially fronto-orbital cortex) at this threshold. Only the caudate remained significantly smaller at the family-wise error rate. Conclusions Adults with ADHD have subtle volume reductions in the caudate and possibly other brain regions involved in attention and executive control supporting frontostriatal models of ADHD. Modest group brain volume differences are discussed in the context of the nature of the samples studied and voxel based morphometry methodology.

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Seidman, L. J., Biederman, J., Liang, L., Valera, E. M., Monuteaux, M. C., Brown, A., Kaiser, J., Spencer, T., Faraone, S. V., & Makris, N.
Affiliations
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Seidman, Larry J.
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-05
Volume
69
Issue
9
Pages
857-866
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1982039197
Cited by
165
References
88
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FWCI
7.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH/HD 62152)
  • National Center for Research Resources (P41RR14075)
  • March of Dimes Foundation
  • Israel National Road Safety Authority (F32 MH065040-01A1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
adult ADHD, gray matter volume, caudate nucleus, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, inferior parietal lobule, cerebellum, executive function, brain structure
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Nerve Fibers, Unmyelinated

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