ADHD theories still need to take more on board: Serotonin and pre-executive variability
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):438-438 (2005)
| Abstract | Correcting the relationship between tonic and burst firing modes in dopamine neurons may help normalise stimulus-reinforcement gradients and contingent behaviour in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children. But appropriate evaluations of stimuli for developing adaptive plans and controlling impulsivity will not occur without moderating the gain-like functions of serotonin. The “dynamic theory” correctly highlights the need to account for variability in ADHD. The dysmaturation of pre-executive information processing is proposed as an explanation. At the core of the article by Sagvolden and colleagues there is a set of data that throws light on an aspect of the ADHD phenomenon. But one asks if the authors are a measure too brave to generalise so broadly from the unusually steep reinforcement gradients reported for the human condition and an animal model to the syndrome as a whole. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | No categories specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,709 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesTerje Sagvolden, Espen Borgå Johansen, Heidi Aase & Vivienne Ann Russell (2005). A Dynamic Developmental Theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Predominantly Hyperactive/Impulsive and Combined Subtypes. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):397-419.
Aribert Rothenberger & Roumen Kirov (2005). Changes in Sleep-Wake Behavior May Be More Than Just an Epiphenomenon of ADHD. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):439-439.
A. Charles Catania (2005). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Delay-of-Reinforcement Gradients and Other Behavioral Mechanisms. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):419-424.
Florence Levy (2005). ADHD, Comorbidity, Synaptic Gates and Re-Entrant Circuits. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):434-435.
Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke & F. X. Castellanos (2005). A Common Core Dysfunction in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Scientific Red Herring? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):443-444.
Espen Borgå Johansen, Terje Sagvolden, Heidi Aase & Vivienne Ann Russell (2005). The Dynamic Developmental Theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Present Status and Future Perspectives. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):451-454.
Ximena Carrasco, Vladimir López & Francisco Aboitiz (2005). Frontal and Executive Dysfunction is a Central Aspect of ADHD. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):427-428.
Rosemary Tannock (2005). Hypodopaminergic Function Influences Learning and Memory as Well as Delay Gradients. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):444-445.
Michiel van Lambalgen, Claudia van Kruistum & Esther Parigger (2008). Discourse Processing in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Adhd). Journal of Logic, Language and Information 17 (4).
David R. Coghill (2005). Delay of Reinforcement Gradients and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): The Challenges of Moving From Causal Theories to Causal Models. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (3):428-429.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads2 ( #232,628 of 549,628 )Recent downloads (6 months)0How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
