Biological Psychiatry
Volume 52, Issue 8 , Pages 785-794 , 15 October 2002

Smaller prefrontal and premotor volumes in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

  • Stewart H Mostofsky

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute (SHM, KLC, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Neurology (SHM, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Stewart H. Mostofsky, M.D., Developmental Cognitive Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
    • ,
  • Karen L Cooper

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute (SHM, KLC, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Wendy R Kates

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry (WRK, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Martha B Denckla

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute (SHM, KLC, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Neurology (SHM, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry (WRK, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics (MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Walter E Kaufmann

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute (SHM, KLC, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Neurology (SHM, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry (WRK, MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics (MBD, WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Pathology (WEK), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Radiology (WEK), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Received 19 November 2001 ,Revised 19 March 2002 ,Accepted 8 April 2002.

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