Neurobiology of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) · ADHD- not just a modern disorder...
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Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Neurobiology of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)
Professor Mark A. Bellgrove
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Bellgrove Lab
Functional Genomics Laboratory
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Bellgrove Lab
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratories
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Attention
ADHD
Genetics
Physiology EEG, TMS, fMRI
eye movement,
Pharma
Our Paradigm for Discovery
Identify the molecular mechanisms of individual
differences in attention and map susceptibility
pathways for psychiatry
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ADHD- not just a modern disorder
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– Alexander Crichton (1798): Mental Restlessness.
“nervous problem which may be born with the person or be the effect of
accidental disease… when born with the person it becomes evident at a
very early period of life, and has a very bad effect, in as much as it
renders him incapable of attending with constancy to any one object of
attention. But it is seldom so great a degree as to totally impede all
instruction; and what is very fortunate it generally diminishes with age”
“every impression seems to agitate the person, and gives him an
unnatural degree of mental restlessness. A slight noise, too much light,
too little light all destroy constant attention in so much as it is easily
excited by every impression”
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Overview
Pharmacology of ADHD
– Mode of action of psychostimulants
Genetics of ADHD
– Focus on catecholamine signalling pathways
Neuropsychology and Brain Imaging in ADHD
– Executive function
• Response Inhibition
• Spatial Attention
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Pharmacology of ADHD
Methylphendiate or Ritalin
Atomoxetine
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DA
Dopamine Transporter (DAT)
Methylphenidate or Ritalin
• Inhibits reuptake via DAT
• Increases synaptic DA in
striatum
• In PFC DAT is sparse and
reuptake occurs via NET
• MPH modifies alpha 2a and D1
signalling in PFC
Action of
Methylphenidate or
Ritalin
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Action of Atomoxetine
Atomoxetine is a
classical reuptake
inhibitor- acting on
NET
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Pharmacological Treatment Childhood
Stimulants
– Methylphenidate (10-40mg/day)
– Dexamphetamine (10-30mg/day)
Non-stimulants
– Atomoxetine (1.2mg/kg/day)
Effect sizes:
– Stimulants>non-stimulants
Adulthood
• Stimulants
– Methylphenidate (20-
100mg/day)
– Dexamphetamine (10-
60mg/day)
• Non-stimulants
– Atomoxetine (40-
150mg/day)
• Effect sizes:
– Stimulants > non-
stimulants 1
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Catecholamine hypothesis of ADHD
Increased activity of the dopamine transporter (DAT), particularly within
the striatum, reduces availability of synaptic dopamine for subsequent
signal transduction
Treatment with methylphenidate inhibits the reuptake of dopamine,
leaving more synaptic dopamine available.
DAT is sparse in prefrontal cortex, so reuptake of methylphenidate
occurs via the noradrenaline transporter (NET), with receptor level
effects occurring at D1 and alpha2a receptors
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Upregulated DAT in ADHD
Dresel et al (2000)
(A) ADHD patient displays increased uptake of radiolabeled
ligand in striatum which is diminished with methylphenidate (B) Spencer et al, 2007: elevated DAT binding in the right striatum
Effects of treatment on DAT binding results are possible: Fusar-Poli et al, 2012, AJP
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Top down and bottom up control of cognition
Presentation title 13
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Distinct brain circuits for Affect, Cognition and Motor
Function
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Arnsten and Pliska 2011
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Genetics of ADHD
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How do we study the genetics of ADHD?
One approach is called the CANDIDATE GENE
APPROACH
This approach selects genes of interest based upon
knowledge of the disorder
In the case of ADHD we know that stimulants like
Ritalin are effective in treating ADHD
– We look for genes that are involved in the
therapeutic action of stimulants
– DOPAMINE
– NORADRENALINE
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How do we study the genetics of ADHD?
By comparing the frequency of mutations in a gene
in a sample of children with ADHD compared to
controls, we can determine whether a gene is
“ASSOCIATED” with ADHD.
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AAGCCTA
AAGCTTA
Individual 1 differs from 2 at a single
Base-pair location
C / T SNP.
C- Allele
T-Allele
Within a Population, you have:
C/C genotypes
C/T genotypes
TT genotypes
Inattention ADHD Non-ADHD
Fre
qu
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
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Candidate Gene Studies of ADHD:
clues from pharmacology
Susceptibility Genes
DAT1
DRD4
DRD5
SNAP-25
5HTT
HTR1B
Small effect sizes
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DAT1 gene variants influence ADHD symptoms in 517 non-clinical
adults
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Tong et al, AJMG: Neuropsychiatric Genetics,
2015
Additive increases in self-report ratings of ADHD
like symptoms as a function of DAT1 gene
variants
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Leading candidate genes in ADHD- Hawi et al 2015.
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The Human Genome Project aimed to identify sources of genetic variation between individuals that could be used to map disease and quantitative traits
As a result we are now able to interrogate the whole genome for association with traits, such as cognitive ability.
GWAS is a discovery platform and is hypothesis free, meaning that no a priori knowledge about a gene is needed for it to be linked to a trait
High throughput genotyping platforms can now type literally 100,000s of SNPs with analyses testing variation in each SNP (0.vs.1vs. 2 copies of an allele) against the phenotype, across the whole genome.
Problem?
Genome Wide Association Designs vs.
Candidate Gene
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The vast number of statistical tests performed between the SNPs across 30,000 genes and the trait measure means that the potential for Type I error is vastly inflated
In order to keep the experiment error at α=0.05, a significance value of 10e-0.08 is required
– 0.00000010
Genome Wide Association Designs vs.
Candidate Gene
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GWAS in ADHD
7 GWAS in childhood ADHD (4 family based; 2 case-
control; 1 quantitative trait)
No SNP association at GWAS significance (p≤10–8).
Reasonable evidence for a SNP in Cadherin 13
Numerous hits in the p≤10–5 range which may informative
in larger samples
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Contribution of common variation to the heritability of
ADHD
• Strong contribution of common
variation to heritability of ADHD
(SNP-based heritability of 0.28)
• GWAS sig hits for ADHD should
emerge with larger sample
sizes.
• Less than heritability estimates
from twin studies (~0.75)
• Suggests potential contribution
from rarer DNA variants
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Endophenotypes for ADHD
Genes
Neural Systems
Cognitive Systems
Symptom Domains
Genes
Fronto-Striatal
Circuits
Inhibitory Deficits
Hyperactivity/
Impulsivity
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Executive function- response inhibition
Is an aspect of executive control that refers to the ability to
inhibit action when it is no longer appropriate
Usually measured using variants of the Go/No-go task or
the stop-signal task
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Go/No-Go Stop-Signal
Measuring Inhibition
Commission Errors (% correct inhibition)- Inhibition
Omission Errors- Sustained Attention
Reaction Time Variability- Cognitive Control
Stop-Signal Reaction Time (SSRT)- Speed of Inhibition
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Twin studies demonstrate high heritability for measures of response
inhibition
Behaviour Genetics of Inhibition
Freidman et al, 2008
Stop-signal Reaction Time
(SSRT) can be transformed
to a normal distribution
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Inhibitory deficits as a familial
marker of ADHD
Schachar et al, 2005
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Cognitive Neuroanatomy of
Response Inhibition
Transranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) of frontal
cortex disrupts inhibition
Chambers et al, 2006, JOCN 3
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Brain Imaging
Whelan et al, 2012, Nat Neuro
BG Stop Network
R Frontal Stop Network
1,896 14 Year Old Adolescents
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Meta-analysis shows that response inhibition deficits
are reliable in ADHD
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Meta analysis of functional
brain imaging ADHD studies (Rubia et al)
• Decreased activity in inhibition networks
• Decreased activity in attention networks
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Atomoxetine improves inhibitory control
and modulates IFG activity
Chamberlain et al 2008
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MPH ATM CIT PLAC
SS
RT
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MPH ATM CIT PLACM
RT
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[F(3,69)=5.52, p=0.002] MPH<ATM, p<0.05
MPH< CIT, PLAC, p<0.01
[F(3,69)=0.14,p=0.935].
Both dopamine and noradrenaline appear important for inhibitory control
MPH enhances inhibition
Nandam et al 2011, Biol Psychiatry
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Neurochemistry of Inhibition
DAT1, D2
NET1, D4, D2,
α-2,
Molecular Targets
Become Candidate Genes for
Genetic Association
With Inhibition
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Genetic Association Study of Inhibition
Cummins et al Mol Psych 2012
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Additive influence of T allele of DAT1 rs37020
on SSRT
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Imaging Genetics of Inhibition
Bilateral IFG, MFG
STN
L IPL
↑activation with ↓SSRT
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Imaging Genetics of Inhibition Influence of rs37020 genotype
Anterior frontal, superior frontal
Superior medial gyrus
Bilateral Caudate
Inhibition-related activity increased
additively from TT to GT to GG genotype
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Attention is spatially selective
Spatial selection can occur covertly
– without eye movements
Spatially Selective Attention
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Attention is spatially selective
Spatial selection can occur covertly
– without eye movements
Spatially Selective Attention
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Attention is spatially selective
Spatial selection can occur covertly
– without eye movements
Spatially Selective Attention
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Attention is spatially selective
Spatial selection can occur covertly
– without eye movements
Spatially Selective Attention
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Attention is spatially selective
Spatial selection can occur covertly
– without eye movements
Spatially Selective Attention
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Neural Correlates of Spatially Selective Attention
Anatomy of Neglect Neuroimaging of spatial attention
•Spatial reorienting to unattended
targets activates a broad, largely
bilateral network
•Activity within the TPJ appears more
strongly lateralised to RH
•Unilateral neglect arises typically from
damage to RH regions, including TPG,
STG and IFG, but also striatal areas.
•Ipsilateral bias of attention and reorienting
deficits to contralateral space.
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Spatial selective attention and ADHD
Voeller and Heilman (1988) first proposed that ADHD could be a “neglect syndrome”
– ADHD children made more left-sided errors resembling patients with right-hemisphere lesions
Sheppard et al (1999) asked children with ADHD and healthy controls to perform a line bisection task
– ADHD children showed a right bias or asymmetry – The right bias resolved with methylphenidate
(MPH)
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Line bisection-
Subject is asked to
Bisect the line
Off med’s the
ADHD
children
bisected to
the right; the
reverse of
controls.
This resolved
with MPH
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Valid Condition
(1/3 trials)
Neutral Condition
(1/3 trials)
Invalid Condition
(1/3 trials)
Measuring Spatially Selective Attention
Cue Target
Reflexive or Exogenous Cuing
Time (200ms)
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Measuring Spatially Selective Attention
Reaction Time
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Neutral RT >
Valid RT
Cuing Cost: Invalid RT – Neutral RT: Cost to RT of reorienting attention
Cuing Benefit: Neutral RT- Valid RT: Benefit to RT of spatial orienting
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Spatial Selective Attention and ADHD
(Bellgrove et al, 2009, Arch Gen Psych)
Children with ADHD
were slower to
reorient their
attention to the left
when invalidly cued
to the right,
compared to controls
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Hypothesis:
Is asymmetry of attention in ADHD
linked to dopamine functioning?
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DAT1- 5p15.3, 15 exons, ~64kb long.
Dopamine Transporter Gene (DAT1)
40bp VNTR in 3’UTR region
30bp VNTR in 3’UTR region
40bp sequence
ADHD Associated Alleles
3’UTR VNTR- 10-repeat
Intron 8 VNTR- 3-repeat
10/3 DAT1 Haplotype
OR~2.5
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Mean
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Ind
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Low-Risk-DAT1 ADHD
High-Risk-DAT1 ADHD
Bellgrove et al (2005), Neuropsychopharmacology
Bellgrove et al (2007), Neuropsychopharmacology
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Spatially selective attention deficits are modified by
Dopamine Transporter Genotype (DAT1) in healthy
children
Bellgrove et al 2009, Archives of General Psychiatry
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Influence of DAT1 genotype on spatial attention in healthy
adults
Newman et al, 2012, Neuropsychologia
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Pharmacogenetics: Left-spatial inattention as predictor
of therapeutic response to MPH in ADHD
10-repeat DAT1 allele
Left-spatial
inattention
Enhanced response
to MPH
Kirley et al, 2003 Bellgrove et al
Hypothesis: attentional asymmetry will predict
an enhanced therapeutic response to MPH
?
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Low-Risk DAT1/ Mediocre Response
Low-Risk DAT1/ Verygood response
High-Risk DAT1/ Mediocre response
High-Risk DAT1/ Verygood response
10-repeat DAT1 homozygotes who achieved a Very Good
Response to MPH, displayed left-spatial inattention
Bellgrove et al (2005), Neuropsychopharmacology
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Left-spatial inattention predicts stimulant
response
η2=.18
Attentional asymmetry at baseline predicted normalisation
of symptoms with MPH after 6 weeks
Bellgrove et al, 2007, Neuropsychopharmacology
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Interaction of DAT1 genotype and
Medication Phase for spatial bias Bellgrove et al, 2007, Neuropsychopharmacology
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Spatial asymmetry linked to striatal dopamine
Tomer et al, 2012, Cerebral Cortex.r et al, 2012, Cerebral
Cortex
• Attentional asymmetry
reflects individual
differences in the
lateralisation of
dopamine systems
• Orienting directed contra-
laterally to hemisphere with
>D2 binding
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DAT1 Frontal-Striatal
Circuits Inhibition ADHD ?
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Acknowledgements
Work funded by NHMRC
Project Grants Scheme;
, ARC Future Fellowship;
ARC Discovery Projects