Disorder‐specific inferior prefrontal hypofunction in boys with pure attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared to boys with pure conduct disorder during cognitive flexibility

Abstract

The findings extend previous evidence for disorder-specific underactivation in patients with ADHD compared to patients with CD in inferior prefrontal cortex during tasks of inhibitory control to the domain of cognitive flexibility. Inferior prefrontal underactivation thus appears to be a disorder-specific neurofunctional biomarker for ADHD when compared with patients with CD.