Journal
CURRENT PSYCHIATRY REPORTS
Volume 16, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0498-0
Keywords
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Diagnosis; Electroencephalography; Spectral power; Oscillations; Time-frequency analysis; Event-related potential; Event-related spectral analysis; Theta-beta ratio
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- National Institutes of Health
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Electroencephalography (EEG) has, historically, played a focal role in the assessment of neural function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We review here the most recent developments in the utility of EEG in the diagnosis of ADHD, with emphasis on the most commonly used and emerging EEG metrics and their reliability in diagnostic classification. Considering the clinical heterogeneity of ADHD and the complexity of information available from the EEG signals, we suggest that considerable benefits are to be gained from multivariate analyses and a focus towards understanding of the neural generators of EEG. We conclude that while EEG cannot currently be used as a diagnostic tool, vast developments in analytical and technological tools in its domain anticipate future progress in its utility in the clinical setting.
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