Background: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most frequent neurobehavioral syndrome in childhood, causing significant impairment family, social and academic performance of children. A tool to help both diagnosis follow-up schoolchildren SNAP-IV scale, which evaluate 18 behaviors, according answers parents and/or teachers.

The ontogeny of fetal autonomic, motoric, state, and interactive functioning was investigated longitudinally in a sample of 31 healthy fetuses from 20 weeks through term. Fetal heart rate and movement data were collected during 50 min of doppler-based fetal monitoring at 6 gestational ages. Measures of fetal heart rate and variability, activity level and vigor, behavioral state, and reactivity ...

Martin Farlow MD, editor. Dr. Farlow of Indiana University School of Medicine received research grant support from BristolMyersSquibb, Danone, Eisai, Elan, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Novartis, OctaPharma, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, and Sonexa; honorariums from Eisai, Forest Laboratories, Pfizer, and Novartis for speaking engagements; and fees from Accera, Alltech, Astellas, Baxter Healthcare, Ba...

BACKGROUND Neurobehavioral disabilities occur in 5-15% of preterm infants with an estimated 50-70% of very low birth weight preterm infants experiencing later dysfunction, including cognitive, behavioral, and social delays that often persist into adulthood. Factors implicated in poor neurobehavioral and developmental outcomes are hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and in...