Stimulant drug action in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Inference of neurophysiological mechanisms via quantitative modelling

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 324-335

  Rowe, D L ^a,b   Robinson, P A ^a,b   Gordon, E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Brain Resource Company   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Arousal; Cortex; EEG; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DENDRITES; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 12344266025     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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