Increased Functional Segregation Related to the Salience Network in Unaffected Siblings of Youths With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

While there are frequent reports of shared neurofunctional and neurostructural alterations among probands with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their unaffected siblings, there is little knowledge regarding whether abnormalities in the resting-state functional connectivity of ADHD probands is also expressed in unaffected siblings, or if this unaffected (but at-risk) cohort manifests distinct patterns.

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Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - November 24, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hsiang-Yuan Lin, Daniel Kessler, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, Susan Shur-Fen Gau Tags: New Research Source Type: research