The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study: Imaging Acquisition Across 21 Sites

Overview

Journal Dev Cogn Neurosci

Publisher Elsevier

Specialties Neurology
Psychiatry

Date 2018 Mar 24

PMID 29567376

Citations 847

Authors

B J Casey

Tariq Cannonier

May I Conley

Alexandra O Cohen

Deanna M Barch

Mary M Heitzeg

Mary E Soules

Theresa Teslovich

Danielle V Dellarco

Hugh Garavan

Catherine A Orr

Tor D Wager

Marie T Banich

Nicole K Speer

Matthew T Sutherland

Michael C Riedel

Anthony S Dick

James M Bjork

Kathleen M Thomas

Bader Chaarani

Margie H Mejia

Donald J Hagler Jr

M Daniela Cornejo

Chelsea S Sicat

Michael P Harms

Nico U F Dosenbach

Monica Rosenberg

Eric Earl

Hauke Bartsch

Richard Watts

Jonathan R Polimeni

Joshua M Kuperman

Damien A Fair

Anders M Dale

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Abstract

The ABCD study is recruiting and following the brain development and health of over 10,000 9-10 year olds through adolescence. The imaging component of the study was developed by the ABCD Data Analysis and Informatics Center (DAIC) and the ABCD Imaging Acquisition Workgroup. Imaging methods and assessments were selected, optimized and harmonized across all 21 sites to measure brain structure and function relevant to adolescent development and addiction. This article provides an overview of the imaging procedures of the ABCD study, the basis for their selection and preliminary quality assurance and results that provide evidence for the feasibility and age-appropriateness of procedures and generalizability of findings to the existent literature.

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