Consortium neuroscience of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: The ENIGMA adventure
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Contributors
- Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Radboud University Nijmegen
- Utrecht University
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)
- University of Toronto
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Complutense University
- Aix-Marseille Université
- Heidelberg University
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Monash University
- University of Zurich
- Universidade de São Paulo
- University of Pisa
- University of Barcelona
- August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute
- CIBER - Center for Biomedical Research Network
- New York University
- University of Melbourne
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- University of Tübingen
- PFH – Private University of Applied Sciences
- King's College London (KCL)
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- University Hospital Frankfurt
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Trinity College Dublin
- Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
- University of Bergen
- University of Groningen
- Moscow Central Clinical Hospital
- RWTH Aachen University
- University of Oxford
- University of Würzburg
- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
- Maastricht University
- University of Pittsburgh
- D'Or Institute for Research and Education
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Abstract
Neuroimaging has been extensively used to study brain structure and function in individuals with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over the past decades. Two of the main shortcomings of the neuroimaging literature of these disorders are the small sample sizes employed and the heterogeneity of methods used. In 2013 and 2014, the ENIGMA-ADHD and ENIGMA-ASD working groups were respectively, founded with a common goal to address these limitations. Here, we provide a narrative review of the thus far completed and still ongoing projects of these working groups. Due to an implicitly hierarchical psychiatric diagnostic classification system, the fields of ADHD and ASD have developed largely in isolation, despite the considerable overlap in the occurrence of the disorders. The collaboration between the ENIGMA-ADHD and -ASD working groups seeks to bring the neuroimaging efforts of the two disorders closer together. The outcomes of case–control studies of subcortical and cortical structures showed that subcortical volumes are similarly affected in ASD and ADHD, albeit with small effect sizes. Cortical analyses identified unique differences in each disorder, but also considerable overlap between the two, specifically in cortical thickness. Ongoing work is examining alternative research questions, such as brain laterality, prediction of case–control status, and anatomical heterogeneity. In brief, great strides have been made toward fulfilling the aims of the ENIGMA collaborations, while new ideas and follow-up analyses continue that include more imaging modalities (diffusion MRI and resting-state functional MRI), collaborations with other large databases, and samples with dual diagnoses.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 37-55 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Human brain mapping |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2022 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 32420680 |
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ORCID | /0000-0002-2864-5578/work/150327198 |
ORCID | /0000-0003-2132-4445/work/150328110 |
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Keywords
- ADHD, ASD, cortex, ENIGMA, neuroimaging, subcortical volumes