Catecholamines in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Current perspectives

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 264-272

  Pliszka, Steven R ^a   McCracken, James T ^b   Maas, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; catecholamines; dopamine; epinephrine; norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMANTADINE; AMFEBUTAMONE; CATECHOLAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONIDINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FENFLURAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GUANFACINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; LEVODOPA; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PIRIBEDIL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN AGONIST; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ATTENTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030030977     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199603000-00006     Document Type: Article

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