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Frontal theta/beta ratio changes during TOVA in Egyptian ADHD children

OBJECTIVE: To spot the frontal theta/beta ratio alterations during Tests of Variance of Attention (TOVA) in Egyptian attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children. METHODS: This is a cross sectional study performed in Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Cairo University, Egypt. It included 2 g...

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Autores principales: Halawa, Islam F., El Sayed, Basma B., Amin, Omnia R., Meguid, Nagwa A., Kader, Ann A. Abdel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Riyadh : Armed Forces Hospital 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29057854
http://dx.doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2017.4.20170067
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To spot the frontal theta/beta ratio alterations during Tests of Variance of Attention (TOVA) in Egyptian attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children. METHODS: This is a cross sectional study performed in Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Cairo University, Egypt. It included 2 groups, each of 52 children (one of them with ADHD and the other were normal control). EEG was recorded for every subject during normal relaxing circumstance with eyes opened as well as during TOVA. RESULTS: Comparing both groups revealed statistically significant difference in the theta/beta ratio in both state (normal relaxing with eyes opened and during TOVA), also we found that the theta/beta ratio decreased in normal group (during concentration) while in the ADHD group it increased with a specific pattern. CONCLUSION: The theta/beta ratio can be of value in helping for differential diagnosis in patients presenting with mild ADHD.