Right prefrontal brain activation due to Stroop interference is altered in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder - A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 190-195

  Jourdan Moser, Sonya ^a   Cutini, Simone ^b,c   Weber, Peter ^a   Schroeter, Matthias L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Executive function; Frontal lobe; Near infrared spectroscopy; Stroop

Indexed keywords

LONG ACTING DRUG; METHYLPHENIDATE; OXYGEN; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 68949215500     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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