期刊
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING
卷 231, 期 3, 页码 210-217出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.11.009
关键词
Voxel-based morphometry; Diffusion tensor imaging; Oppositional defiant disorder; Conduct disorder; Executive function; Adolescence
资金
- Center for Successful Parenting, Carmel, IN
Characterizing brain maturation in adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) may provide insight into the progression of their behavioral deficits. Therefore, this study examined how age and executive functioning were related to structural neural characteristics in DBD. Thirty-three individuals (aged 13-17) with a DBD, along with a matched control sample, completed neuropsychological testing and underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure gray matter volume and microstructural white matter properties. Voxel-based morphometry quantified gray matter volume, and diffusion tensor imaging measured fractional anisotropy (FA) in white matter tracts. In the anterior cingulare, gray matter volume decreased with age in healthy controls but showed no such change in the DBD sample. In the corpus callosum and superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), FA increased with age in the control sample significantly more than in the DBD sample. Executive functioning, particularly working memory, was associated with SLF FA bilaterally. However, the relationship of SLF FA to working memory performance was weaker in the DBD sample. These data suggest that youth with DBD have altered brain development compared with typically developing youth. The abnormal maturation of the anterior cingulare and frontoparietal tracts during adolescence may contribute to the persistence of behavioral deficits in teens with a DBD. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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