Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4933966 | Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Previous studies have pointed to the involvement of limbic structures in the genesis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The present researchers manually segmented magnetic resonance images of 30 individuals with ADHD and 30 individually matched controls, focusing on amygdala and hippocampus volumes. Neither hippocampus nor amygdala volume differed significantly between individuals with and without ADHD. However, ADHD patients with higher hyperactivity scores had significantly smaller left amygdala volumes. This finding suggests that limbic alterations are significant in hyperactive symptoms in the pathophysiology of ADHD.
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Authors
Kathrin Nickel, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Evgeniy Perlov, Renate Jitten-Schachenmeier, Daniel Beier, Dominique Endres, Peter Goll, Alexandra Philipsen, Simon Maier,