Methylphenidate normalizes frontocingulate underactivation during error processing in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-262

  Rubia, Katya ^a   Halari, Rozmin ^a   Mohammad, Abdul Majeed ^a   Taylor, Eric ^a   Brammer, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); error processing; methylphenidate; motor response inhibition; performance monitoring; stop task

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ERROR PROCESSING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79960202910     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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