ADHD and ASD

Question 1 of 27

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ADHD overview of symptoms:

Select correct option below corresponding to the highlighted orange point

Learning disabilities

Persistent, interfering inattention

Persistent, interfering hyperactivity

or impulsivity

behavioral comorbidities

childhood onset

Explanation

Question 2 of 27

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Autism overview of presentation:

Select correct option below corresponding to the highlighted orange point

Intellectual disability

reciprocal social communication

early childhood onset

repetitive or restrictive behavior

behavioral comorbidities

medical comorbidities

genetic syndrome

Explanation

Question 3 of 27

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What is true about the overlap of ADHD and ASD?

Select one or more of the following:

30-80% of children with ASD also meet criteria for ADHD
up to 25% of children with ADHD meet criteria for ASD
ASD diagnosis "trumps" ADHD diagnosis
Core features may "masquarade" as each other

Explanation

Question 4 of 27

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Genetics account for 70-80% of the risk for ADHD.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 5 of 27

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What genes have been linked to ADHD?

Select one or more of the following:

Dopamin transporter gene (DAT)
Dopamine D4 (DRD4)
Dopamine D5 (DRD5)
Dopamine D2 (DRD2)

Explanation

Question 6 of 27

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What are possible prenatal etiologies for ADHD?

Select one or more of the following:

maternal smoking/ETOH use
premature birth
total increased pregnancy complications

Explanation

Question 7 of 27

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Which of the following are possible post-natal etiologies of ADHD?

Select one or more of the following:

Malnutrition
Head trauma
Brain hypoxia
Tumors
Infection
lead poisoning in preschool years

Explanation

Question 8 of 27

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

In MRI studieis, children and adolescents with ADHD exhibited in cortical maturation, prominent in the regions. Approzimately a year delay.

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Question 9 of 27

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Children and adults with ADHD have been found to have larger brain volume.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 10 of 27

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What has been found with neuroimaging in ADHD?

Select one or more of the following:

Lower overall brain volume
Lower grey matter density
White matter abnormalities
Reduced cortical thickness

Explanation

Question 11 of 27

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

The (reward) network is responsible for , deficits, -impulsivity, and proneness to .

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Question 12 of 27

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ASD is more prevalent in males at 4:1

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 13 of 27

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Which of the following are possible etiologies of ASD?

Select one or more of the following:

parental age
birth complications
prenatal exposures to certain medications, infections
immunizations

Explanation

Question 14 of 27

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What structural changes have been found in an ASD brain?

Select one of the following:

early overgrowth and amygdala enlargement
early overgrowth and hippocampus enlargement
early overgrowth of the PFC

Explanation

Question 15 of 27

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What functional changes occur in the ASD brain?

Select one of the following:

"social brain" and network connectivity
neurotransmitter inhibition
word finding difficulties

Explanation

Question 16 of 27

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Regarding early brain overgrowth in Autism

Select one or more of the following:

a retrospective screening strategy measures an infants head before the age of 3
a prospective screening strategy scans high risk infants and follows up with those that develop autism
there is an abnormal cessation of growth later in childhood

Explanation

Question 17 of 27

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What are possible reasons for increased brain volume?

Select one or more of the following:

Increased cortical thickness
Increased cortical surface area
Lots of thinking happening

Explanation

Question 18 of 27

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What are cortical minicolumns?

Select one of the following:

The smallest functional unit of the cortex
the things that hold your brain in place
the basis for lateral induction

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Question 19 of 27

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The structural changes in ASD are

Select one or more of the following:

Higher total brain volume starting between 6 and 12 months old
Early overgrowth which appears to be stemming from increased cortical surface area
Increased surface area, due to an increased number of radial units and/or wider spacing of cortical minicolumns

Explanation

Question 20 of 27

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What structural change are the social deficits in ASD attributed to?

Select one of the following:

Enlarged amygdala in early childhood
increased brain volume
increased cortical thickness

Explanation

Question 21 of 27

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The reduced neuron and oligodendrocyte count in adults may reflect normalization of size or slower growth trajectory later in life

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 22 of 27

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Inhibition of amygdala via the vmPFC is diminished in ASD when viewing faces

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 23 of 27

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What is true about both ADHD and ASD?

Select one or more of the following:

Highly heritable
Fairly prevalent
Early intervention makes no difference in outcome of treatmetn

Explanation

Question 24 of 27

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Early intervention in ASD is critical and has led to improved early screening, increasing apparent prevalence

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 25 of 27

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In ADHD, there are 5 networks that affect

Select one or more of the following:

attention
executive function
hyperactivity
language
social skills

Explanation

Question 26 of 27

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	Created by Jennifer Gay over 6 years ago

Quiz on ADHD and ASD, created by Jennifer Gay on 27/03/2018.

ADHD and ASD

Question 1 of 27

ADHD overview of symptoms:

Select correct option below corresponding to the highlighted orange point

Explanation

Question 2 of 27

Autism overview of presentation:

Select correct option below corresponding to the highlighted orange point

Explanation

Question 3 of 27

What is true about the overlap of ADHD and ASD?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 27

Genetics account for 70-80% of the risk for ADHD.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 27

What genes have been linked to ADHD?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 27

What are possible prenatal etiologies for ADHD?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 27

Which of the following are possible post-natal etiologies of ADHD?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 27

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

In MRI studieis, children and adolescents with ADHD exhibited in cortical maturation, prominent in the regions. Approzimately a year delay.

Explanation

Question 9 of 27

Children and adults with ADHD have been found to have larger brain volume.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 27

What has been found with neuroimaging in ADHD?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 27

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

The (reward) network is responsible for , deficits, -impulsivity, and proneness to .

Explanation

Question 12 of 27

ASD is more prevalent in males at 4:1

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 27

Which of the following are possible etiologies of ASD?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 27

What structural changes have been found in an ASD brain?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 27

What functional changes occur in the ASD brain?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 27

Regarding early brain overgrowth in Autism

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 27

What are possible reasons for increased brain volume?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 27

What are cortical minicolumns?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 27

The structural changes in ASD are

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 27

What structural change are the social deficits in ASD attributed to?