Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

From the reviews: "This volume, part of the Series Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience is written by clinical and basic scientists. It reviews in 22 chapters the etiology, pathophysiology, symptomatology and treatment of ADHD. ... Of interest to psychiatrists, neurologists and psychologists." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 3 (4), June, 2006)

• Historical Aspects of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Scanning the Genome for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Dopamine Knockouts and Behavior.- The Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat as a Model of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- The Roles of Norepinephrine and Serotonin in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Intermittent Hypoxia During Sleep as a Model of Environmental (Nongenetic) Contributions to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- The Psychological Evaluation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in School-Aged Children.- Executive Function.- The Neuropsychology of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities.- Selective Attention Deficits in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Working Memory in Children with ADHD.- Developmental Underpinnings of the Association of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Subtypes to Neuropsychological and Academic Weaknesses.- Social Functioning of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Reading Disabilities in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Brain.- Anatomical and Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Children and Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- State Regulation and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Sleep and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Neuropsychological Performance in Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Psychostimulants in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions.