Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 229-238 , March 2010

Cortical Gray Matter in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

  • Martin J. Batty, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Batty, Developmental Psychiatry, E Floor, South Block, Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
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  • Elizabeth B. Liddle, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham
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  • Alain Pitiot, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham
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  • Roberto Toro, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
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  • Madeleine J. Groom, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham
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  • Gaia Scerif, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • University of Oxford
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  • Mario Liotti, M.D., Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • Simon Fraser University, Canada
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  • Peter F. Liddle, MBBCh., Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham
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  • Tomáš Paus, M.D., Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham
    • Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Chris Hollis, MRCPsych, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham

,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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 This study was supported by a grant from the Wellcome Trust (grant number: 076448/Z/05/Z).

 Disclosure: Drs. Batty, E. Liddle, Pitiot, Toro, Groom, Scerif, Liotti, P. Liddle, Paus, and Hollis report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(09)00030-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2009.11.008

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 229-238 , March 2010

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