Whither causal models in the neuroscience of ADHD?

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-114

  Coghill, Dave ^a   Nigg, Joel ^b   Rothenberger, Aribert ^c   Sonuga Barke, Edmund ^d,e   Tannock, Rosemary ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEUROSCIENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROSCIENCES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 14844304378     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00397.x     Document Type: Review

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