Sentence examples for brain activation in children from inspiring English sources
We found reduced brain activation in children with ADHD in key inhibition areas, including the right inferior frontal gyrus/insula, and anterior cingulate/dorsal medial prefrontal cortex.
Consequently, reported weaker brain activation in children with DD during approximate calculation may refer to an impaired automated access to or disordered construction of the mental number line.
This pattern appears to differ from abnormal brain activations in children with ADHD [Cortese et al., 2012; Hart et al., 2013] and reemphasizes the importance of examining brain function in adults to better understand the adult disorder.
Similarly, using a Go/No Go task with fMRI, Jacobson and colleagues [ 62] reported differences in patterns of brain activations in children reporting subclinical symptoms compared to a control group.
Control children Peak locations of brain activation in control children (p < 0.05 FWE corrected) included the same regions found in children with DD.
Negoro et al. [ 30] examined brain activation in 20 children with ADHD and 20 healthy age- and sex- matched children during the Stroop color-word task using NIRS.
In view of the reported structural abnormalities in calculation-impaired subjects, the observed weaker brain activation in dyscalculic children may be a result of anatomical variability.
The present fMRI study investigated brain activation in 18 children with DD and 20 typically achieving schoolchildren during different numerical tasks.
FMRI was used to measure inhibition related brain activation in 17 typically developing children (TD) and 21 children with ADHD, using a highly controlled version of the stop-signal task.
The present study represents the first examination of brain activation in a non-clinical sample of children with DD.
Finally, it has to be pointed out that a direct contrast of brain activation patterns in children with DD and controls revealed no differences in any condition when correcting for multiple comparisons.
