Differential measures of 'sustained attention' in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity or tic disorders: Relations to monoamine metabolism

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-178

  Oades, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Continuous performance test; Dopamine; Noradrenaline; Serotonin; Signal detection; Working memory

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; URINE LEVEL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034611067     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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