Lack of functional brain connectivity was associated with poor inhibition in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder using near-infrared spectroscopy
The present study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of functional brain connectivity in the resting state in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to assess the association between the connectivity and inhibition function using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). In to...
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Published in | Frontiers in psychiatry Vol. 14; p. 1221242 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A
12.07.2023
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Summary: | The present study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of functional brain connectivity in the resting state in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to assess the association between the connectivity and inhibition function using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).
In total, 34 children aged 6-13 diagnosed with ADHD were recruited from Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital. In comparison, 37 healthy children were recruited from a local primary school as controls matched by age and sex. We used NIRS to collect information on brain images. The Stroop test assessed inhibition function. We compared the differences in functional brain connectivity in two groups by analyzing the resting-state brain network. Pearson partial correlation analysis was applied to evaluate the correlation between functional brain connectivity and inhibition in all the children.
Compared with the control group, results of NIRS images analysis showed that children with ADHD had significantly low functional brain connectivity in regions of the orbitofrontal cortex, left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, left pre-motor and supplementary motor cortex, inferior prefrontal gyrus, and right middle temporal gyrus (
= 0.006). Inhibition function of children with ADHD was negatively correlated with functional brain connectivity (
= 0.009), while such correlation was not found in the control group.
The present study demonstrated that children with ADHD had relatively low connectivity in several brain regions measured at the resting state. Our results supported the evidence that lack of functional brain connectivity was associated with impaired inhibition function in children with ADHD. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Reviewed by: Jorge Alberto Guzmán Cortés, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Mexico; Lilia Mestas, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico These authors have contributed equally to this work and share last authorship Edited by: Yulia Solovieva, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico |
ISSN: | 1664-0640 1664-0640 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1221242 |