Biological Psychiatry
Volume 57, Issue 11 , Pages 1263-1272 , 1 June 2005

Structural Brain Imaging of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

  • Larry J. Seidman

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Psychiatric Neuroscience Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Commonwealth Research Center, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
    • Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
    • Laboratory of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
    • Department of Neurology and Radiology Services, Harvard Medical School
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Larry J. Seidman, Ph.D., Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman Street, WACC 725, Boston, MA 02114
    • ,
  • Eve M. Valera

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Psychiatric Neuroscience Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
    • ,
  • Nikos Makris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Radiology Services, Harvard Medical School
    • Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 2 June 2004 ,Revised 28 October 2004 ,Accepted 6 November 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.11.019

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