Frontal brain asymmetry in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Extending the motivational dysfunction hypothesis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 711-720

  Keune, Philipp M ^a,b   Wiedemann, Eva ^c   Schneidt, Alexander ^c   Schönenberg, Michael ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Depression; EEG alpha asymmetry; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Gender difference; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84924802161     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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