EEG theta and beta power spectra in adolescents with ADHD versus adolescents with ASD + ADHD

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 873-886

  Bink, M ^a,f   van Boxtel, G J M ^b   Popma, A ^c   Bongers, I L ^d   Denissen, A J M ^e   van Nieuwenhuizen, Ch ^a,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GGzE Foundation for Mental Health Care Eindhoven en de Kempen   (Netherlands)

^e PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Beta; EEG; Stimulant medication; Theta

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BETA RHYTHM; COGNITION; DSM-IV; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84938740359     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0632-x     Document Type: Article

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