Biophysical modeling of tonic cortical electrical activity in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1273-1305

  Rowe, Donald L L ^a,b   Robinson, P A ^a   Lazzaro, I L ^a   Powles, R C ^a   Gordon, E ^a,b   Williams, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Brain Resource Company   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Locus coeruleus; Noise; Norepinephrine; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DENDRITE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRIC MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THETA RHYTHM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DENDRITES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOREPINEPHRINE; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 23844488074     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450590934499     Document Type: Article

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