Genetics of childhood disorders: XVII. ADHD, part 1: the executive functions and ADHD.
In the first part of a series of articles examining the underlying mechanisms that contribute to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the writer reviews the concept of executive functioning and the role the frontal cortex has in regulating mental skills that are needed to sustain attenti...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 39; no. 8; pp. 1064 - 1069 |
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Elsevier Science
August 2000
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