Rett syndrome, EEG and the motor cortex as a model for better understanding of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-72

  Niedermeyer, E ^a   Naidu, S B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Frontal lobe; Frontal motor cortex uncoupling; Motor cortex dyscontrol; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; RETT SYNDROME; THETA RHYTHM;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 0031819761     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050049     Document Type: Article

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