Neuropsychological Testing and the Paradox of ADHD



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



Leonard F. Koziol , Deborah Ely Budding2, 4   and Dana Chidekel3


(1)
Neuropsychological Consultant, Arlington Heights, IL, USA

(2)
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, N. Sepulveda Blvd. 509, Torrance, CA, USA

(3)
Private Practice, 18321, Ventura Blvd, Suite 510, Tarzana, CA, USA

(4)
Private Practice, Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

 



 

Leonard F. Koziol (Corresponding author)



 

Deborah Ely Budding



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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