Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 220-225 , 30 June 2009

Structural development of the basal ganglia in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A diffusion tensor imaging study

  • Timothy J. Silk

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology and Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Developmental and Functional Brain Imaging, Critical Care and Neuroscience, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia. Tel.: +613 8341 4315.
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  • Alasdair Vance

      Affiliations

    • Academic Child Psychiatry Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Nicole Rinehart

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, Psychiatry & Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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  • John L. Bradshaw

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, Psychiatry & Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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  • Ross Cunnington

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology and Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Received 18 January 2008 ,Revised 11 June 2008 ,Accepted 4 July 2008.

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PII: S0925-4927(08)00101-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.07.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 220-225 , 30 June 2009

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