Neuroimaging of Inhibitory Control Areas in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Who Were Treatment Naive or in Long-Term Treatment

Abstract

In relation to comparison subjects, ADHD subjects failed to activate the anterior cingulate cortex and the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex after unsuccessful inhibition. These findings appear in treatment-naive ADHD individuals and are unlikely to be an artifact of long-term treatment with stimulants or of abrupt termination of stimulants before imaging.