1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-9-20 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-9-3-6 Learning and Behavior Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Auditory Evoked Potentials in ADD http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 03 1995 01 06 2016 9 3 20 20 Copyright: © 1995 The Author(s) 1995 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. BAEP studies in children with attention deficit disorder

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) were performed on 114 children with attention deficit disorder (ADD) referred to the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

 Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials Attention Deficit Disorder Brainstem Transmission

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) were performed on 114 children with attention deficit disorder (ADD) referred to the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. The latencies of waves III and V and brainstem transmission time interval of waves I-III and I-V were longer in the study group compared to controls. Recordings of the latencies performed for each ear separately showed asymmetries of wave III in children with ADD. The results point to brainstem dysfunction in ADD. [1]

COMMENT. BAEP performed in children with ADD/ADHD during inactivity shows abnormalities and asymmetries that may be used as an objective diagnostic test for ADD. Previous studies have demonstrated the value of BAEP in the differentiation of subgroups of hyperactive children, non-delinquent versus delinquent types. (Satterfield JH et al. 1987; see Progress in Pediatric Neurology I, 1991, ppl59-160).

ADHD IN ADOLESCENT MANIA. An association between adolescent mania and ADHD is reported from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine [2]. Of 14 adolescent bipolar patients who were admitted to hospital for the treatment of acute mania or hypomania, 8(57%) also met the DSM-III-R criteria for ADHD. Patients with ADHD had a higher mean total score on the Young Mania Rating Scale than patients with bipolar disorder alone. This finding may have important implications regarding pharmacological therapy.

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