Deficient intracortical inhibition in drug-naive children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is enhanced by methylphenidate

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 121-125

  Moll, Gunther H ^a   Heinrich, Hartmut ^a   Trott, Götz Erik ^b   Wirth, Sigrun ^b   Rothenberger, Aribert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Frohsinnstrasse 26 D 63739   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Methylphenidate; Motor system excitability; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION;

EID: 0034697369     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00980-0     Document Type: Article

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