Advanced techniques in magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects about 5% of school-aged child. Previous published works using different techniques of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have demonstrated that there may be some differences between the brain of people with and without this condition. This review...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Pastura, Paulo Mattos, Emerson Leandro Gasparetto, Alexandra Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araújo
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Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2011-04-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Alexandra Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araújo
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description Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects about 5% of school-aged child. Previous published works using different techniques of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have demonstrated that there may be some differences between the brain of people with and without this condition. This review aims at providing neurologists, pediatricians and psychiatrists an update on the differences between the brain of children with and without ADHD using advanced techniques of magnetic resonance imaging such as diffusion tensor imaging, brain volumetry and cortical thickness, spectroscopy and functional MRI. Data was obtained by a comprehensive, non-systematic review of medical literature. The regions with a greater number of abnormalities are splenium of the corpus callosum, cingulated girus, caudate nucleus, cerebellum, striatum, frontal and temporal cortices. The brain regions where abnormalities are observed in studies of diffusion tensor, volumetry, spectroscopy and cortical thickness are the same involved in neurobiological theories of ADHD coming from studies with functional magnetic resonance imaging.
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spelling doaj-art-ab2382b9896b4df2b15ec5b50d0eb8462025-08-20T01:59:39ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272011-04-01692a24225210.1590/S0004-282X2011000200020S0004-282X2011000200020Advanced techniques in magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with ADHDGiuseppe Pastura0Paulo Mattos1Emerson Leandro Gasparetto2Alexandra Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araújo3Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects about 5% of school-aged child. Previous published works using different techniques of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have demonstrated that there may be some differences between the brain of people with and without this condition. This review aims at providing neurologists, pediatricians and psychiatrists an update on the differences between the brain of children with and without ADHD using advanced techniques of magnetic resonance imaging such as diffusion tensor imaging, brain volumetry and cortical thickness, spectroscopy and functional MRI. Data was obtained by a comprehensive, non-systematic review of medical literature. The regions with a greater number of abnormalities are splenium of the corpus callosum, cingulated girus, caudate nucleus, cerebellum, striatum, frontal and temporal cortices. The brain regions where abnormalities are observed in studies of diffusion tensor, volumetry, spectroscopy and cortical thickness are the same involved in neurobiological theories of ADHD coming from studies with functional magnetic resonance imaging.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000200020&lng=en&tlng=entranstorno do déficit de atenção com hiperatividadeimagem por ressonância magnéticaimagem de tensor de difusãocórtex cerebralespectroscopia de ressonância magnéticaressonância magnética funcional
spellingShingle Giuseppe Pastura
Paulo Mattos
Emerson Leandro Gasparetto
Alexandra Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araújo
Advanced techniques in magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with ADHD
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
transtorno do déficit de atenção com hiperatividade
imagem por ressonância magnética
imagem de tensor de difusão
córtex cerebral
espectroscopia de ressonância magnética
ressonância magnética funcional
title Advanced techniques in magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with ADHD
title_full Advanced techniques in magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with ADHD
title_fullStr Advanced techniques in magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with ADHD
title_full_unstemmed Advanced techniques in magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with ADHD
title_short Advanced techniques in magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with ADHD
title_sort advanced techniques in magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with adhd
topic transtorno do déficit de atenção com hiperatividade
imagem por ressonância magnética
imagem de tensor de difusão
córtex cerebral
espectroscopia de ressonância magnética
ressonância magnética funcional
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