Stimulant medication and prefrontal functional connectivity during working memory in ADHD: A preliminary report

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-78

  Sheridan, Margaret A ^a   Hinshaw, Stephen ^b   D'Esposito, Mark ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Basal ganglia; Brain development; Inefficiency; Prefrontal cortex; Striatum; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SHORT TERM MEMORY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 77953994642     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054709347444     Document Type: Article

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