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KMID : 0367320120230020057
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2012 Volume.23 No. 2 p.57 ~ p.62
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The Abnormality of Posterior Default Mode Network in Medication-Naive Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children : Resting State fMRI Study
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Choi Jee-Wook
Go Hyo-Jin
Woo Young-Sup
Song Seung-Hoon
Yang Po-Song
Jeong Bum-Seok
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Abstract
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Objectives : Characteristic symptoms, including hyperactivity and easy distractibility, in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) suggest that their brain status, even at rest, might differ from that of healthy children. This study was conducted in order to determine whether resting state brain activity is compromised in medication-naive children with ADHD.
Methods : Twenty medication-naive children with ADHD (mean age ) and 28 age- and gender-matched healthy volunteers (mean age ) underwent measurements for resting state brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Among resting state related-independent components (RSICs) extracted from fMRI data using independent component analysis, a significant difference in RSICs was observed between groups, using a mixed Gaussian/gamma model.
Results : Except for IQ, which was higher in the healthy control group, no demographic difference was observed between the two groups (p<.001). Significantly less activation of one RSIC, which includes the bilateral precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex, occipito-temporal junction, and anterior cingulate cortex, was observed in the ADHD group, compared with the control group (p<.05).
Conclusion : An abnormal RSIC, posterior default mode network (DMN), was observed in the medication-naive ADHD group. Results of our study suggest that abnormality of posterior DMN is one of the main pathophysiologies of ADHD.
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KEYWORD
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ADHD, Default Mode Network, Functional MRI
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