Characteristics of the cerebral mechanisms controlling the level of wakefulness, maturity of cognitive functions, and adaptive responses in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and healthy children of the same age

• Published in: Human physiology Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 148 - 160
• Main Authors: Ilyukhina, V. A., Krivoshchapova, M. N., Manzhosova, G. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.03.2011
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cetacea; Human Physiology; Life Sciences; integrated systemic psychophysiological approach; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; cerebral mechanisms controlling the wakefulness level; psychological adaptation; cognitive activity
• ISSN: 0362-1197; 1608-3164
• DOI: 10.1134/S0362119711010051

Data on the characteristics of the disturbance of ultraslow cortical-brainstem, limbic-reticular, and suprasegmental mechanisms controlling the wakefulness level (WL) in six- to seven-year-old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and age-matched healthy children (first-year comprehensive primary school pupils) with different types of psychological adaptation have been summarized. An integrated systemic psychophysiological approach has been used to determine the characteristics of (a) the emotional-motivational and cognitive maturities and (b) the psychophysiological mechanisms of the formation of adaptive responses upon tactile interaction with an unfamiliar live object (a dolphin) in the examined groups of healthy and ADHD children.