Frontal Lobe Disinhibition, Rett Syndrome and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-23

  Niedermeyer, E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Disinhibition; Frontal Lobe; Hyperexcitability; Motor Cortex; Rett Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MOTOR CORTEX; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 0035147576     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940103200106     Document Type: Article

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