Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 3 , Pages 190-195 , 30 September 2009

Right prefrontal brain activation due to Stroop interference is altered in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder — A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study

  • Sonya Jourdan Moser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropediatrics and Developmental Neurology, University Children's Hospital Basel, Römergasse 9, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Simone Cutini

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
    • Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstr. 1A, Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Peter Weber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropediatrics and Developmental Neurology, University Children's Hospital Basel, Römergasse 9, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Matthias L. Schroeter

      Affiliations

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstr. 1A, Leipzig, Germany
    • Day Clinic of Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 22A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstr. 1A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Tel.: +49 341 99 40 207; fax: +49 341 99 40 221.

Received 13 May 2008 ,Revised 17 July 2008 ,Accepted 1 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.10.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 3 , Pages 190-195 , 30 September 2009

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