Working toward a neurobiological account of ADHD: Commentary on Gail Tripp and Jeff Wickens, dopamine transfer deficit

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 705-711

  Williams, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

APPETITE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NOTE; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; DOPAMINE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 47249088191     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01921.x     Document Type: Note

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