Methylphenidate modulates sustained attention and cortical activation in survivors of traumatic brain injury: A perfusion fMRI study

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-57

  Kim, Junghoon ^a   Whyte, John ^a   Patel, Sunil ^a   Europa, Eduardo ^a   Wang, Jiongjiong ^b   Coslett, H Branch ^c   Detre, John A ^d  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CBF; fMRI; Methylphenidate; Sustained attention; Traumatic brain injury; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INACTIVATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REST; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SURVIVORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861880397     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2622-8     Document Type: Article

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