Cingulate-precuneus interactions: A new locus of dysfunction in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

F X Castellanos, D S Margulies, C Kelly, L Q Uddin, M Ghaffari, A Kirsch, D Shaw, Z Shehzad, A Di Martino, B Biswal, E J S Sonuga-Barke, J Rotrosen, L A Adler, M P Milham

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Abstract

Background: Pathophysiologic models of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have focused on frontal-striatal circuitry with alternative hypotheses relatively unexplored. On the basis of evidence that negative interactions between frontal foci involved in cognitive control and the non-goal-directed "default-mode" network prevent attentional lapses, we hypothesized abnormalities in functional connectivity of these circuits in ADHD. Methods: Resting-state blood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans were obtained at 3.0-Tesla in 20 adults with ADHD and 20 age-and sex-matched healthy volunteers. Results: Examination of healthy control subjects verified presence of an antiphasic or negative relationship between activity in dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (centered atx = 8, y = 7,z = 38) and in default-mode network components. Group analyses revealed ADHD-related compromises in this relationship, with decreases in the functional connectivity between the anterior cingulate and precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex regions (p
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)332 - 337
Number of pages6
JournalBiological psychiatry
Volume63
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2008

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