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The influence of neuropeptides and methylphenidate on evoked potentials in autistic and hyperkinetic children

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Neuroimaging in child neuropsychiatric disorders

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Neuropsychological studies suggest evidence that autistic and attention deficit disordered (ADHD) children suffer from attention and information processing deficits (Kootz et al., 1981; Prior, 1987; Corkum and Siegel, 1995). Autistic and ADHD children show deficits in particular on dichotic listening tasks, continuous performance tasks and so-called “frontal tasks” (Pennington and Ozonoff, 1996).

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Van Engeland, H., Verbaten, M.N., Jonkman, L., Kemner, C. (1998). The influence of neuropeptides and methylphenidate on evoked potentials in autistic and hyperkinetic children. In: Neuroimaging in child neuropsychiatric disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95848-9_20

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