Supportive neurodevelopmental evidence for ADHD as a developmental disorder
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Supportive neurodevelopmental evidence for ADHD as a developmental disorder.
A baby is dependent on its primary caregiver (hereafter referred to as 'mother') for its emotional regulation. The development of emotional self-regulation is dependent on the growth and myelinisation of connections between cortical (control) and limbic (emotion) structures in the infant brain. The subcortical sympathetic limbic system is dominant from birth, and it is only at 14-18 months of a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Hypotheses
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0306-9877
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.12.060