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Abstract
Soon-Beom Honga, b, c, Andrew Zaleskya, Alex Fornitoa, d, Subin Parkc, Young-Hui Yange, Min-Hyeon Parkc, In-Chan Songf, Chul-Ho Sohnf, Min-Sup Shinc, Bung-Nyun Kimc, Soo-Churl Choc, Doug Hyun Hang, Jae Hoon Cheongh, Jae-Won Kimc,*
a Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health
b Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
c Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
d Monash Clinical and Imaging Neuroscience, School of Psychology and Psychiatry & Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
e Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan
f Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital
g Department of Psychiatry, Chung Ang University, College of Medicine
h Uimyung Research Institute for Neuroscience, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
*Address correspondence to Jae-Won Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Seoul National University College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 101 Daehak-No, Chongno-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background
Few studies have sought to identify, in a regionally unbiased way, the precise cortical and subcortical regions that are affected by white matter abnormalities in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study aimed to derive a comprehensive, whole-brain characterization of connectomic disturbances in ADHD.
Methods
Using diffusion tensor imaging, whole-brain tractography, and an imaging connectomics approach, we characterized altered white matter connectivity in 71 children and adolescents with ADHD compared with 26 healthy control subjects. White matter differences were further delineated between patients with (n = 40) and without (n = 26) the predominantly hyperactive/impulsive subtype of ADHD.
Results
A significant network comprising 25 distinct fiber bundles linking 23 different brain regions spanning frontal, striatal, and cerebellar brain regions showed altered white matter structure in ADHD patients (p < .05, family-wise error-corrected). Moreover, fractional anisotropy in some of these fiber bundles correlated with attentional disturbances. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder subtypes were differentiated by a right-lateralized network (p < .05, family-wise error-corrected) predominantly linking frontal, cingulate, and supplementary motor areas. Fractional anisotropy in this network was also correlated with continuous performance test scores.
Conclusions
Using an unbiased, whole-brain, data-driven approach, we demonstrated abnormal white matter connectivity in ADHD. The correlations observed with measures of attentional performance underscore the functional importance of these connectomic disturbances for the clinical phenotype of ADHD. A distributed pattern of white matter microstructural integrity separately involving frontal, striatal, and cerebellar brain regions, rather than direct frontostriatal connectivity, appears to be disrupted in children and adolescents with ADHD.
Key Words : ADHD; connectomics; diffusion tensor imaging; network; tractography; white matter
논문정보
- Research article
- 2014년 10월 (BRIC 등록일 2014-11-17)
- 국내(교신)+국외 연구진
- 의약학 > 신경의학
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