Para avaliar a influencia em curto prazo da reposição dopaminérgica na flutuação da atenção em pacientes com DP, a latência média e o desvio-padrão da latência do tempo de reação simples e com escolha foram estabelecidos em 15 pacientes com DP antes e 90 minutos depois da administração da dose habitual matutina de levodopa e em 15 controles normais. Verificou-se , além de efeitos motores, maior sincronia nas latências de testes de tempo de reação complexos, mas não nos simples, sugerindo efeitos da dopamina em mecanismos atencionais e/ou de controle executivo que envolvam flexibilidade na identificação do estímulo e/ou na escolha da resposta / To evaluate short time effects of dopaminergic medication on fluctuation of attention in PD patients, simple and choice reaction latency and latency standard deviation was determined in 15 PD patients before and 90 min. after usual early morning levodopa dose and in 15 normal controls. Besides motor improvement, improved synchrony on complex but not on simple reaction time tests was observed, suggesting dopamine attention and executive control modulation, probably thru stimulus identification and action selection flexibility

This study has examined the effect of 3 doses of Methylphenidate (MPH) on the speed of motor and cognitive performance in children diagnosed with ADHD. Thirty children clinically diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) aged 6-12 years were recruited through the ADHD Clinic and the Severe and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Program at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. The three doses of MPH were administered according to a double blind randomized cross-over three day trial (0.3; 0.5 0.8 mg/kg/day in a bid schedule). An improvement across all three doses of MPH on motor, cognitive and behavioural measures was observed. The improvement is significant at low doses of MPH and an increase of dose up to 0.8 mg/kg/day does not lead to further improvement of the speed of simple motor task, but might be beneficial to specific cognitive tasks. No deterioration was observed in association with higher doses of MPH.

Para avaliar a influencia em curto prazo da reposição dopaminérgica na flutuação da atenção em pacientes com DP, a latência média e o desvio-padrão da latência do tempo de reação simples e com escolha foram estabelecidos em 15 pacientes com DP antes e 90 minutos depois da administração da dose habitual matutina de levodopa e em 15 controles normais. Verificou-se , além de efeitos motores, maior sincronia nas latências de testes de tempo de reação complexos, mas não nos simples, sugerindo efeitos da dopamina em mecanismos atencionais e/ou de controle executivo que envolvam flexibilidade na identificação do estímulo e/ou na escolha da resposta / To evaluate short time effects of dopaminergic medication on fluctuation of attention in PD patients, simple and choice reaction latency and latency standard deviation was determined in 15 PD patients before and 90 min. after usual early morning levodopa dose and in 15 normal controls. Besides motor improvement, improved synchrony on complex but not on simple reaction time tests was observed, suggesting dopamine attention and executive control modulation, probably thru stimulus identification and action selection flexibility

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