Jerod Rasmussen1,
B.J. Casey2, Theodorus GM Van Erp1, Leanne Tamm3,
Jeff Epstein3, Claudia Buss1, James Bjork4,
James Swanson5, Tim Wigal1, Steven Potkin1
1UC
Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States; 2Cornell University, New York,
NY, United States; 3Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati,
OH, United States; 4NIH, Rockville, MD, United States; 5UC
Irvine, Irvine, Ca, United States
Persons diagnosed with ADHD in childhood have a higher likelihood of substance abuse at a later age, adding a comorbid factor to attention network deficits brought on by the diagnosis. This work uses the largest sample to date to show that drug use frequency does not bias behavioral and/or cognitive differences when performing a Go/NoGo task. The sample size and multi-site nature of the study make these results especially generalizable.