NEUROANATOMICAL MRI STUDIES OF CHILDHOOD DISORDERS

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 该项目的长期目标是使用解剖磁共振成像（MRI）更好地了解儿童神经精神障碍的神经基础。这个特殊的应用程序将集中在定义图雷特综合征（TS），强迫症（OCD）和注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）的解剖学基础。将在620名儿童和成人中对精确定义的皮质和皮质下区域的详细体积和形态测量进行年龄和诊断组之间的比较。这些措施与免疫学，神经体液，神经心理学和家族史数据，并与其他行为指标的相关性，将进行评估。手动和自动图像分析方法将用于改善脑形态的评估。通过了解导致这些发育障碍的脑结构紊乱以及它们如何在这些条件下引起相关的行为紊乱，我们将能够更好地评估和确定神经系统发育背景下治疗干预的有效性。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The long-term aim of this project is to use anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to understand better the neural basis of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders. This particular application will focus on defining the anatomical basis of Tourette's syndrome (TS), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Detailed volumetric and morphological measures of precisely defined cortical and subcortical regions in 620 children and adults will be compared across age and diagnostic groups. Correlates of these measures with immunological, neurohumoral, neuropsychological, and family history data, and with other behavioral indices, will be assessed. Both manual and automated image analysis methodologies will be applied for the improved assessment of brain morphology. By understanding the disturbances in cerebral architecture that undedie these developmental disorders and how they give rise to associated behavioral disturbances in these conditions, we will be better able to assess and to time the efficacy of therapeutic interventions in the context of the developing nervous system.