Evidence-Based Information on the Clinical Use of Neurofeedback for ADHD

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 588-598

  Moriyama, Tais S ^a,b   Polanczyk, Guilherme ^a,b   Caye, Arthur ^c   Banaschewski, Tobias ^d   Brandeis, Daniel ^d,e   Rohde, Luis A ^a,f  

^a National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INPD/Brazil)   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Biofeedback; EEG biofeedback; Neurofeedback; Slow cortical potential; Theta Beta training

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THETA RHYTHM; TRAINING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEUROFEEDBACK;

EID: 84866458084     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: 18787479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-012-0136-7     Document Type: Review

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