Leonard F. Koziol, Deborah Ely Budding and Dana ChidekelSpringerBriefs in NeuroscienceADHD as a Model of Brain-Behavior Relationships201310.1007/978-1-4614-8382-3_21© The Author(s) 2013
Revisiting Neuropsychological Testing and the Paradox of ADHD
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Neuropsychological Consultant, Arlington Heights, IL, USA
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Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, N. Sepulveda Blvd. 509, Torrance, CA, USA
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Private Practice, 18321, Ventura Blvd, Suite 510, Tarzana, CA, USA
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Private Practice, Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
Abstract
Structural and functional neuroimaging research into ADHD has generated overwhelming and compelling evidence that ADHD symptoms are a manifestation of abnormally functioning brain circuitry [4, 38, 156, 260, 266, 278, 279]. Brain volume abnormalities are consistently found in the cerebellum, the corpus callosum splenium, total and right cerebral hemisphere volume, and within the right caudate nucleus of people with ADHD [280].
Structural and functional neuroimaging research into ADHD has generated overwhelming and compelling evidence that ADHD symptoms are a manifestation of abnormally functioning brain circuitry [4, 38, 156, 260, 266, 278, 279]. Brain volume abnormalities are consistently found in the cerebellum, the corpus callosum splenium, total and right cerebral hemisphere volume, and within the right caudate nucleus of people with ADHD [280]. Brain structure deficits have been found in gray and white matter volume of subjects with ADHD [43, 280–282]. Differences in cortical thickness have been identified in ADHD populations versus normal controls, and differences in white matter microstructure measured through diffusion tensor imaging have been identified [283, 284]. Functional brain abnormalities in prefrontal–striatal–cerebellar brain regions have also been observed [4, 42, 202, 285].

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