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Autonomic arousal profiles in adolescents and young adults with ADHD as a function of recording context.
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Autonomic arousal profiles in adolescents and young adults with ADHD as a function of recording context.

  • Du Rietz E King's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, 16 De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. Electronic address: ebba.du_rietz@kcl.ac.uk.
  • James SN MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, University College London, 33 Bedford Place, London, WC1B 5JU, United Kingdom. Electronic address: sarah.n.james@ucl.ac.uk.
  • Banaschewski T Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/ Heidelberg University, Square J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany. Electronic address: tobias.banaschewski@zi-mannheim.de.
  • Brandeis D Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/ Heidelberg University, Square J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Neumünsterallee 9, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: daniel.brandeis@kjpd.uzh.ch.
  • Asherson P King's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, 16 De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. Electronic address: philip.asherson@kcl.ac.uk.
  • Kuntsi J King's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, 16 De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jonna.kunti@kcl.ac.uk.
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  • 2019-04-01
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  • Psychiatry research. - 2019
ADHD
Electrodermal activity
Phasic arousal
Skin conductance
Tonic arousal
Adolescent
Arousal
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Autonomic Nervous System
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Reaction Time
Young Adult
English A recent study (James et al. 2016) found that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was associated with hypo-arousal, indexed by low electrodermal activity, during a low-demand reaction-time task, which normalized in a fast-incentive condition. We now investigate if (1) autonomic arousal in individuals with ADHD changes over a long testing session and (2) across time, to clarify if arousal profiles are context-dependent. We also examine (3) how autonomic arousal relates to each ADHD symptom domain, and specificity of arousal profiles to ADHD, by controlling for oppositional defiant/conduct disorder (ODD/CD) symptoms. Skin conductance level and non-specific fluctuations were measured during four successive resting-state and cognitive conditions (Resting-state time 1, Continuous Performance Task, Fast Task: Baseline and Fast-Incentive conditions, Resting-state time 2) from 71 adolescents/young adults with ADHD and 140 controls. Lower arousal was observed in individuals with ADHD only during a slow, low-demanding task, and more fluctuating arousal was observed towards the end of assessment. Both inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms were associated with arousal levels and fluctuations, independently from ODD/CD. Overall, we extend previous findings showing that under-arousal, but also fluctuating arousal, are context-specific rather than stable impairments in ADHD.
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