Effects of methylphenidate on selective and sustained attention in hyperactive, reading-disabled, and presumably attention-disordered boys

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 1980, Pages 745-752

  Dykman, Roscoe A ^a   Ackerman, Peggy T ^a   McCray, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; DYSLEXIA; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSLEXIA; FACULTY; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PARENTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0019196821     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198012000-00007     Document Type: Article

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