A positron emission tomography study of nigro-striatal dopaminergic mechanisms underlying attention: Implications for ADHD and its treatment

Natalia Del Campo*, Tim D. Fryer, Young T. Hong, Rob Smith, Laurent Brichard, Julio Acosta-Cabronero, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Roger Tait, David Izquierdo, Ralf Regenthal, Jonathan Dowson, John Suckling, Jean Claude Baron, Franklin I. Aigbirhio, Trevor W. Robbins, Barbara J. Sahakian, Ulrich Müller

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    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3252-3270
    Number of pages19
    JournalBrain
    Volume136
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - Nov 2013

    Funding

    This work was funded by a Pathfinder Award of the UK Medical Research Council [MRC, G0401099] and the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute [BCNI], jointly funded by MRC and Wellcome Trust [MRC Ref G001354 and WT Ref 076244/ Z/04/Z]. N.D.C. was funded by the Gates Cambridge Trust when the work here presented was completed and is now employed by Cambridge Cognition. S.R.C. consults for Cambridge Cognition, P1Vital, and Shire Pharmaceuticals. T.W.R. is a consultant for Cambridge Cognition, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Allon Therapeutics, and Lundbeck, and receives royalties from Cambridge Cognition and Springer-Verlag. B.J.S. consults for Cambridge Cognition and holds shares in CeNeS. She has consulted for Novartis, Shire, GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly and Boehringer-Ingelheim. She also receives an honorarium from the Journal of Psychological Medicine. U.M. has received research and educational grant support from Janssen-Cilag and honoraria or travel expenses from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Janssen-Cilag, Lundbeck, Pharmacia-Upjohn, and UCB Pharma.

    Keywords

    • Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
    • Dopamine
    • Methylphenidate
    • Sustained attention

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