Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 3 , Pages 238-243 , 30 June 2010

Quantitative MR analysis of caudate abnormalities in pediatric ADHD: Proposal for a diagnostic test

  • Joan Carles Soliva

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva (URNC), Department of Psychiatry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Unitat de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva, Departament de Psiquiatria i Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Marítim 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34 932483872; fax: +34 933160410.
    • ,
  • Jordi Fauquet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Psychology and Methodology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
    • ,
  • Anna Bielsa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari de la Vall d'Hebron (Barcelona), Spain
    • ,
  • Mariana Rovira

      Affiliations

    • CRC Corporació Sanitaria (Barcelona), Spain
    • ,
  • Susanna Carmona

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva (URNC), Department of Psychiatry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
    • ,
  • Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari de la Vall d'Hebron (Barcelona), Spain
    • Department of Psychiatry. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
    • ,
  • Joseph Hilferty

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva (URNC), Department of Psychiatry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
    • English Linguistics Section, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Spain
    • ,
  • Antoni Bulbena

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
    • Institut d'Atenció Psiquiàtrica: Salut Mental i Toxicomanies, Spain
    • ,
  • Miquel Casas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari de la Vall d'Hebron (Barcelona), Spain
    • Department of Psychiatry. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
    • ,
  • Oscar Vilarroya

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva (URNC), Department of Psychiatry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
    • Fundació IMIM, Spain

Received 2 October 2008 ,Revised 2 November 2009 ,Accepted 28 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.01.013

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 3 , Pages 238-243 , 30 June 2010

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