Working Memory and Response Inhibition as One Integral Phenotype of Adult ADHD? A Behavioral and Imaging Correlational Investigation

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 470-482

  Schecklmann, Martin ^a,b   Ehlis, Ann Christine ^b,d   Plichta, Michael M ^b,c   Dresler, Thomas ^b   Heine, Monika ^b   Boreatti Hümmer, Andrea ^b   Romanos, Marcel ^b,e   Jacob, Christian ^b   Pauli, Paul ^b   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; impulsivity; n back; near infrared spectroscopy; stop signal

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; N-BACK; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STOP SIGNAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADHD; IMPULSIVITY; N-BACK; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; STOP SIGNAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880615093     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054711429702     Document Type: Article

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