Analysis of structural brain asymmetries in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 39 datasets.
Merel C PostemaMartine HoogmanSara AmbrosinoPhilip AshersonTobias BanaschewskiCibele E BandeiraAlexandr BaranovClaiton H D BauSarah BaumeisterRamona Baur-StreubelMark A BellgroveJoseph BiedermanJanita BraltenDaniel BrandeisSilvia BremJan K BuitelaarGeraldo F BusattoFrancisco X CastellanosMara CercignaniTiffany M Chaim-AvanciniKaylita C ChantilukeAnastasia ChristakouDavid CoghillAnnette ConzelmannAna I CubilloRenata B CupertinoPatrick de ZeeuwAlysa E DoyleSarah DurstonEric A EarlJeffery N EpsteinThomas EthoferDamien A FairAndreas J FallgatterStephen V FaraoneThomas FrodlMatt C GabelTinatin GogberashviliEugenio H GrevetJan HaavikNeil A HarrisonCatharina A HartmanDirk J HeslenfeldPieter J HoekstraSarah HohmannMarie F HøvikTerry L JerniganBernd KardatzkiGeorgii KarkashadzeClare KellyGregor KohlsKerstin KonradJonna KuntsiLuisa LazaroSara Lera-MiguelKlaus-Peter LeschMario R LouzaAstri J LundervoldCharles B MalpasPaulo MattosHazel McCarthyLeyla Namazova-BaranovaRosa NicolauJoel T NiggStephanie E NovotnyEileen Oberwelland WeissRuth L O'Gorman TuuraJaap OosterlaanBob OranjeYannis PaloyelisPaul PauliFelipe A PiconKerstin J PlessenJ Antoni Ramos-QuirogaAndreas ReifLiesbeth RenemanPedro G P RosaKatya RubiaAnouk SchranteeLizanne J S SchwerenJochen SeitzPhilip ShawTim J SilkNorbert SkokauskasJuan C Soliva VilaMichael C StevensGustavo SudreLeanne TammFernanda Tovar-MollTheo G M van ErpAlasdair VanceOscar VilarroyaYolanda Vives-GilabertGeorg G von PolierSusanne WalitzaYuliya N YonchevaMarcus V ZanettiGeorg C ZieglerDavid C GlahnNeda JahanshadSarah E Medlandnull nullPaul M ThompsonSimon E FisherBarbara FrankeClyde FrancksPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2021)
Prior studies of altered structural brain asymmetry in ADHD were likely underpowered to detect the small effects reported here. Altered structural asymmetry is unlikely to provide a useful biomarker for ADHD, but may provide neurobiological insights into the trait.