Methylphenidate Effects on EEG and ADHD

Abstract

The effects of methylphenidate (MPH) on the EEG during baseline and cognitive tasks were evaluated using spectral analysis in 23 boys, aged 9 to 11, with ADHD, and results were analyzed at the Departments of Psychology, State University of New York, Cortland, NY, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD.

Keywords

• methylphenidate
• spectral analysis
• cortical function