Self-regulation of slow cortical potentials: A new treatment for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Strehl, Ute ^a   Leins, Ulrike ^b   Goth, Gabriella ^a   Klinger, Christoph ^a   Hinterberger, Thilo ^a   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Biofeedback; EEG; Electroencephalogram; Neurobehavioral outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAINING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; CHILD; EVOKED RESPONSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33750931626     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2478     Document Type: Article

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