Neurophysiological Correlates of Attentional Fluctuation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Brain Topography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 320-332

  Cheung, Celeste H M ^a   McLoughlin, Gráinne ^a   Brandeis, Daniel ^b,c   Banaschewski, Tobias ^b   Asherson, Philip ^a   Kuntsi, Jonna ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ADHD; CNV; EEG; ERP; P3; Reaction time variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015084961     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: 15736792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-017-0554-2     Document Type: Article

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