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Neural response to working memory load varies by dopamine transporter genotype in children.


ABSTRACT: Inheriting two (10/10) relative to one (9/10) copy of the 10-repeat allele of the dopamine transporter genotype (DAT1) is associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a childhood disorder marked by poor executive function. We examined whether functional anatomy underlying working memory, a component process of executive function, differed by DAT1 in 7-12 year-old typically developing children. 10/10 and 9/10 carriers performed a verbal n-back task in two functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) runs varying in working memory load, high (2-back vs. 1-back) and low (1-back vs. 0-back). Performance accuracy was superior in 9/10 than 10/10 carriers in the high but not low load runs. Examination of each run separately revealed that frontal-striatal-parietal regions were more activated in 9/10 than 10/10 carriers in the high load run; the groups did not differ in the low load run. Examination of load effects revealed a DAT1xLoad interaction in the right hemisphere in the caudate, our a priori region of interest. Exploratory analysis at a more liberal threshold revealed this interaction in other basal ganglia regions (putamen, and substantial nigra/subthalamic nuclei - SN/STN) and in medial parietal cortex (left precuneus). The striatal and parietal regions were more activated in 9/10 carriers under high than low load, and DAT1 differences (9/10>10/10) were evident only under high load. In contrast, SN/STN tended to be more activated in 10/10 carriers under low than high load and DAT1 differences (10/10>9/10) were evident only under low load. Thus, 10-repeat homozygosity of DAT1 was associated with reduced performance and a lack of increased basal ganglia involvement under higher working memory demands.

SUBMITTER: Stollstorff M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2888738 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neural response to working memory load varies by dopamine transporter genotype in children.

Stollstorff Melanie M   Foss-Feig Jennifer J   Cook Edwin H EH   Stein Mark A MA   Gaillard William D WD   Vaidya Chandan J CJ  

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Inheriting two (10/10) relative to one (9/10) copy of the 10-repeat allele of the dopamine transporter genotype (DAT1) is associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a childhood disorder marked by poor executive function. We examined whether functional anatomy underlying working memory, a component process of executive function, differed by DAT1 in 7-12 year-old typically developing children. 10/10 and 9/10 carriers performed a verbal n-back task in two functional magnetic resonanc  ...[more]

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