Methylphenidate and intracortical excitability: Opposite effects in healthy subjects and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-72

  Moll, G H ^a,b   Heinrich, H ^b   Rothenberger, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Healthy adults; Intracortical excitability; Methylphenidate

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITABILITY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

EID: 0037225426     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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