期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 1310, 期 -, 页码 172-180出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.10.031
关键词
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; Corpus callosum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Isthmus
资金
- National Natural Sciences Foundation of China [30770774]
- Common-weal Sciences Foundation, Ministry of Health, China [200802073]
- National Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology, China [2007BAI17B03]
- NSFC [30621130074]
- 863 program [2008AA02Z405]
The corpus callosum (CC) is one of focused target areas which may play an important role in the pathophysiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Conventional structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have revealed the macrostructural abnormalities of CC and its subdivisions in ADHD compared with controls. However, no study has examined the macrostructural and micro structural characteristics of the CC in the same ADHD group. In this study, MRI morphometric and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) techniques were combined to explore the area and measure fractional anisotropy (FA) abnormality of CC and its seven subdivisions in children with ADHD. Twenty-eight boys with ADHD (13.3 +/- 1.5 years) and 27 age- and gender- matched controls (13.2 +/- 0.9 years) were included. We co-registered individual structural MRI and DTI images manually and subdivided the midsagittal CC into seven subdivisions. The area and FA of the CC and its subdivisions were then compared between the patients and the matched controls. Results showed that ADHD had decreased area of entire CC, anterior middle-body, and isthmus. Meanwhile, reduced FA value of the isthmus was found in the ADHD group compared with the controls. our study indicated that not only macrostructural abnormalities but also microstructural alterations in CC, especially in isthmus occurred in ADHD. The abnormality of the isthmus, the subdivision that contains the fibers connecting posterior regions of brain, may play an important role in the pathophysiology of ADHD and maybe implicated in the disorders of attention. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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