Biological Psychiatry
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 84-88 , 1 January 2009

Decreased Callosal Thickness in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

  • Eileen Luders

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology; University of California—at Los Angeles School of Medicine, California
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  • Katherine L. Narr

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology; University of California—at Los Angeles School of Medicine, California
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  • Liberty S. Hamilton

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology; University of California—at Los Angeles School of Medicine, California
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  • Owen R. Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology; University of California—at Los Angeles School of Medicine, California
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  • Paul M. Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology; University of California—at Los Angeles School of Medicine, California
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  • Jessica S. Valle

      Affiliations

    • Argosy University—Orange County, Santa Ana, California
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  • Melissa Del'Homme

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California—Los Angeles, California
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  • Tony Strickland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California—Los Angeles, California
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  • James T. McCracken

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California—Los Angeles, California
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  • Arthur W. Toga

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology; University of California—at Los Angeles School of Medicine, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Arthur W. Toga, Ph.D., Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, 635 Charles Young Drive South, Suite 225, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7334
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  • Jennifer G. Levitt

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California—Los Angeles, California

Received 26 March 2008 ,Revised 22 August 2008 ,Accepted 25 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.08.027

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 84-88 , 1 January 2009

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