The cognitive neuroscience of response inhibition: Relevance for genetic research in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1285-1292

  Aron, Adam R ^a   Poldrack, Russell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Basal ganglia; Brain development; Go NoGo; Inferior frontal cortex; Stop signal response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAY MATTER; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BASAL GANGLIA; COGNITION; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROSCIENCES; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 20444424892     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.10.026     Document Type: Review

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