Composite 3-D MRI Scan Data for Youth, Ages 8-16 (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Mental Health

Composite 3-D MRI Scan Data for Youth, Ages 8-16

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Children with ADHD who had the 7-repeat version of the dopamine D4 receptor gene had thinner-than-normal areas in their brain's out mantle, the cerebral cortex, which normalized during the teen years. This thickening in areas that control attention paralleled clinical improvement. Composite 3-D MRI scan data for youth, ages 8-16. Colored areas are those in which cortex thickness varied between ADHD patients and healthy controls, with brighter colors indicating greater differences.

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Source: Philip Shaw, M.D., NIMH Child Psychiatry Branch

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