SynthesisCurrent medical imaging2023
Activation of Brain Regions Associated with Working Memory and Inhibitory Control in Patients with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Systematic Review.
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- The relationship between motor and cognitive performance and cortical activity in patients with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review of functional near-infrared spectroscopy studies.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in medical research: applications, opportunities, and challenges.Chinese medicine · 2026Review
- Multimodal Virtual Reality Assessment of Medication Effects in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Distinction From Depression: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Increasing Health Literacy on ADHD: A Cross-Disciplinary Integrative Review Examining the Impact of ADHD on Brain Maturation, Composition and Function and Cognitive Processes Across the Life Course.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Review
- Effects of methylphenidate on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a study using clinical and multimodal approaches including go/no-go task and functional near-infrared spectroscopy.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Effect of medication on the rostrolateral prefrontal oxygenation and thalamic volume asymmetry in youths with ADHD.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2025Article
- A mobile device-based game prototype for ADHD: development and preliminary feasibility testing.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- Advances in the etiology and neuroimaging of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Review
- Reduced inhibition control ability in children with ADHD due to coexisting learning disorders: an fNIRS study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Functional near infrared spectroscopy detects cortical activation changes concurrent with memory loss in postmenopausal women with Type II Diabetes.Experimental brain research · 2023Article
- Using fNIRS to evaluate ADHD medication effects on neuronal activity: A systematic literature review.Frontiers in neuroimaging · 2023Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionPatients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often show abnormalities related to cognitive activities, especially related to working memory and inhibitory control. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive brain imaging technique based on the changes in cerebral hemodynamics to measure the response of brain activities to cognitive tasks.
methodsIn this review, we collected all clinical experiments that evaluated the changes of oxyhemoglobin levels in relevant brain regions of patients with ADHD through cognitive tasks by fNIRS to determine the abnormalities of brain regions related to working memory and inhibitory control activities in patients with ADHD.
resultsFrom the beginning of November 2021, PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, EMBASE, CINAHL, web of science and Cochrane library were searched, and ROBINS-I was a tool to evaluate the quality and risk bias of the articles included. Sixteen eligible clinical trials or randomized controlled trials were included, of which six measured working memory and eleven measured inhibitory control.
conclusionWe found that compared with healthy people, the activation scope of working memory and inhibition control in the frontal cortex in ADHD patients was smaller than that in healthy people, and the activation degree was weak or even inactive, which can provide new ideas for the direction of research on ADHD.
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