Violence and Threat Exposure Associated with Neural Alterations in Children with ADHD

A U.S. community study of 123 participants aged 11–12, authored by Joseph Aloi and last updated in May 2026. It examines the relationship between early life adversity, neural activity during a risky decision-making task, and subsequent problematic substance use. The findings are presented in a 39.2 KB document.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the link between violence/threat exposure and brain activity based on fMRI data from the Balloon Analogue Risk Task.
• Investigating neural predictors of future problematic substance use based on BOLD response patterns in regions like the anterior insula and caudate nucleus.
• Studying alterations in reward and attentional neuro-circuitries in children with comorbid ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders.

Strengths

• Includes longitudinal substance use outcomes collected every 6 months following the initial fMRI scan.
• Data from 123 participants provides a specific cohort for analysis.
• Clear methodological description of using the SAVE and UCLA PTSD reaction index to measure exposure.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 39.2 KB document; the underlying raw neuroimaging and behavioral data are not directly accessible.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the manuscript.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected from participants completing the Balloon Analogue Risk Task during fMRI, with follow-up substance use assessments.

Time Range

Study period not specified; data reflects a snapshot of participants aged 11-12.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 05:48:07

Geography

Participants recruited from a U.S. community.