ADHD subjects fail to suppress eye blinks and microsaccades while anticipating visual stimuli but recover with medication

• Published in: Vision research (Oxford) Vol. 101; pp. 62 - 72
• Main Authors: Fried, Moshe, Tsitsiashvili, Eteri, Bonneh, Yoram S., Sterkin, Anna, Wygnanski-Jaffe, Tamara, Epstein, Tamir, Polat, Uri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2014
• Subjects: ADHD; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - drug therapy; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - physiopathology; Blinking - drug effects; Blinking - physiology; Central Nervous System Stimulants - pharmacology; Central Nervous System Stimulants - therapeutic use; Eye blinks; Female; Fixational eye movements; Humans; Male; Methylphenidate - pharmacology; Methylphenidate - therapeutic use; Middle Aged; Photic Stimulation; Pupil - drug effects; Pupil - physiology; Pupil diameter; Saccades; Saccades - drug effects; Saccades - physiology; t.o.v.a; Saccades; ADHD; t.o.v.a; Fixational eye movements; Eye blinks; Pupil diameter

•Blink and saccade rates were higher in ADHD subjects in a continuous performance task.•Medication reduced the saccade rate to control levels, and lowered the blink rate.•ADHD subjects fail to suppress saccades and blinks while anticipating stimuli. Oculomotor behavior and parameters are known to be...