UNASSIGNED: Characterizing brain maturation in adolescents with @entity952 ( @entity952 ) may provide insight into the progression of their @entity146 . Therefore, this study examined how age and executive functioning were related to structural neural characteristics in DBD. Thirty-three individuals (aged 13-17) with a DBD, along with a matched control sample, completed neuropsychological testing and underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure gray matter volume and microstructural white matter properties. Voxel-based morphometry quantified gray matter volume, and diffusion tensor imaging measured fractional anisotropy (FA) in white matter tracts. In the anterior cingulate, gray matter volume decreased with age in healthy controls but showed no such change in the DBD sample. In the corpus callosum and @entity3057 ( @entity3057 ), FA increased with age in the control sample significantly more than in the DBD sample. Executive functioning, particularly working memory, was associated with @entity3057 FA bilaterally. However, the relationship of @entity2414 performance was weaker in the DBD sample. These data suggest that youth with DBD have altered brain development compared with typically developing youth. The abnormal maturation of the anterior cingulate and frontoparietal tracts during adolescence may contribute to the persistence of @entity146 in teens with a DBD.

The relationship of brain structure to age and executive functioning in adolescent XXXX .

@entity2414 :: ('MESH:D008569', 'Disease') :: ['SLF FA to working memory'] @entity3057 :: ('MESH:D017887', 'Disease') :: ['SLF', 'superior longitudinal fasciculus'] @entity952 :: ('MESH:D019958', 'Disease') :: ['DBDs', 'disruptive behavior disorders'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['behavioral deficits']
@entity952 :: (MESH:D019958,Disease) :: ['disruptive behavior disorder']
