Association of White Matter Structure With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Clinical overlap between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is increasingly appreciated, but the underlying brain mechanisms remain unknown to date.

Objective

To examine associations between white matter organization and 2 commonly co-occurring neurodevelopmental conditions, ASD and ADHD, through both categorical and dimensional approaches.

Design, setting, and participants

This investigation was a cross-sectional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) study at an outpatient academic clinical and research center, the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University Langone Medical Center. Participants were children with ASD, children with ADHD, or typically developing children. Data collection was

SUBMITTER: Aoki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710226 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature