Age dependent electroencephalographic changes in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1626-1638

  Poil, S S ^a,b   Bollmann, S ^a,b   Ghisleni, C ^a,b   O'Gorman, R L ^a,b   Klaver, P ^a,b   Ball, J ^b   Eich Hochli D ^c   Brandeis, D ^b,d   Michels, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Development; Electroencephalography; Eyes closed resting state; Linear regression; Support vector machine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904060225     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.12.118     Document Type: Article

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