EEG coherence in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Differences between good and poor responders to methylphenidate

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 114-119

  Dupuy, Franca E ^a   Clarke, Adam R ^a   Barry, Robert J ^a   McCarthy, Rory ^b   Selikowitz, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Sydney Developmental Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

AD HD; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Children; EEG coherence; Medication; Methylphenidate

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ACCURACY; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THETA RHYTHM;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78650710679     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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