title: Childhood methylphenidate treatment of ADHD and response to affective stimuli.
abstract: Neural correlates of emotional dysregulation in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and persisting influence of Methylphenidate (MPH) still remain insufficiently understood. Decreased activation in the subgenual cingulate and the ventral striatum were found during the perception of positive and negative affective pictures in drug-naïve males with ADHD during childhood (n=10). Males with ADHD during childhood treated with MPH (n=10) did not show any significant differences compared to healthy controls (n=10). Further prospective studies need to clarify direct and indirect mechanisms of MPH treatment that may contribute to emotional processing, which is dysfunctional in males without pharmacological treatment in childhood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schlochtermeier
authors.forename: Meline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoy
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schlagenhauf
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wrase
authors.forename: Soyoung Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Friedel
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huss
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lehmkuhl
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heinz
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ströhle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
chemical_list: D008774:Methylphenidate