2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Frontal Function in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder,and the change by medication and rehabilitation
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15K19718
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Psychiatric science
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| Research Institution | University of Fukui |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | ADHD / NIRS / 前頭葉 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We evaluated the frontal lobe function among three groups, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), typical development (TD). We use simultaneous near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) with multiple neuropsychological batteries of CANTAB and verbal fluency tasks (VFT).
ADHD and ASD groups had significantly lower brain activation in left prefrontal cortex during the spatial working memory (SWM) task of CANTAB and the VFT.
Our findings suggest that the ADHD group exhibited difficulties in spatial working memory, and that the ASD group exhibited difficulties in verbal fluency.
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| Free Research Field |
医歯薬学
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