Working memory in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is characterized by a lack of specialization of brain function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Fassbender, Catherine ^a   Schweitzer, Julie B ^a   Cortes, Carlos R ^b   Tagamets, Malle A ^b   Windsor, T Andrew ^b   Reeves, Gloria M ^b   Gullapalli, Rao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SERIAL ADDITION TASK; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPECIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 80755176799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027240     Document Type: Article

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