caa a22 4500 475739949 CHVBK 20180406123457.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005196320909 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005196320909 Oppositional Children Differ from Healthy Children in Frontal Brain Activation [Elektronische Daten] [Lioba Baving, Manfred Laucht, Martin Schmidt] An atypical EEG pattern of frontal brain activation, which has been found in children and adults with emotional disorders, also is hypothesized to be present in disruptive behavior disorders. One hundred nineteen children (4 $$\frac{1}{2}$$ and 8 years of age) were examined with regard to the following questions: (1) Do children who are diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) exhibit an atypical pattern of frontal brain activation? (2) Can this pattern be demonstrated in preschool children (4 $$\frac{1}{2}$$ years of age) as well as in school children (8 years)? (3) Are there gender differences in these patterns similar to those that have been demonstrated in adults? Spontaneous EEG activity was subjected to power spectral analysis. In oppositional preschool and elementary school girls, the well-known pattern of lower left frontal than right frontal activation emerged that has been found previously in emotionally disordered children. Healthy girls showed no frontal brain asymmetry at 4 $$\frac{1}{2}$$ years of age, and left frontal activation at 8 years. In contrast, healthy boys demonstrated a greater right than left frontal activation, whereas ODD boys did not display any frontal brain asymmetry. Thus, the pattern of frontal brain activation seems to be gender-specific. The atypical activation pattern in oppositional children is hypothesized to be a biological substrate of negative affective style. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 Frontal brain asymmetry nationallicence EEG nationallicence oppositional defiant disorder nationallicence children nationallicence gender nationallicence Baving Lioba Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany aut Laucht Manfred Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany aut Schmidt Martin Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany aut Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 28/3(2000-06-01), 267-275 0091-0627 28:3<267 2000 28 10802 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005196320909 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005196320909 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baving Lioba Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Laucht Manfred Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schmidt Martin Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 28/3(2000-06-01), 267-275 0091-0627 28:3<267 2000 28 10802 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer