Cortical excitability in adult patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 419, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-141

  Richter, Melany M ^a   Ehlis, Ann Christine ^a   Jacob, Christian P ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult ADHD; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

REBOXETINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34248174887     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.04.024     Document Type: Article

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