The increase in theta/beta ratio on resting-state EEG in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is mediated by slow alpha peak frequency

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-52

  Lansbergen, Marieke M ^a   Arns, Martijn ^b,c   van Dongen Boomsma Martine, M ^a,d   Spronk, Desirée ^a,b   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE BRAINCLINICS   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha peak frequency; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Electroencephalography (EEG); IntegNeuro; Theta beta ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REST; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BETA RHYTHM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REST; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 78650961531     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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