Includes bibliographical references and index.

ADHD in children and adults : diagnosis and prognosis / Renata Kieling and Luis A. Rohde -- ADHD : volumetry, motor, and oculomotor functions / E. Mark Mahone -- Neurodevelopmental abnormalities in ADHD / Chandan J. Vaidya -- Intraindividual variability in ADHD and its implications for research of causal links / Jonna Kuntsi and Christoph Klein -- Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis function in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder / Graeme Fairchild -- Brain processes in discounting : consequences of adolescent methylphenidate exposure / Walter Adriani, Francesca Zoratto, and Giovanni Laviola -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders / Oscar G. Bukstein.

Linking ADHD, impulsivity, and drug abuse : a neuropsychological perspective / Gonzalo P. Urcelay and Jeffrey W. Dalley -- Obesity and ADHD : clinical and neurobiological implications / Samuele Cortese and Brenda Vincenzi -- Face processing in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Daniel P. Dickstein and F. Xavier Castellanos -- Quantitative and molecular genetics of ADHD / Philip Asherson and Hugh Gurling -- Rodent models of ADHD / Xueliang Fan, Kristy J. Bruno, and Ellen J. Hess -- Rat models of ADHD / Terje Sagvolden and Espen Borgå Johansen -- Epigenetics : genetics versus life experiences / Josephine Elia ... [et al.] -- Sexual differentiation of the brain and ADHD : what is a sex difference in prevalence telling us? / Jaylyn Waddell and Margaret M. McCarthy -- ADHD : current and future therapeutics / David J. Heal, Sharon L. Smith, and Robert L. Findling -- Four causes of ADHD : a framework / Peter R. Killeen, Rosemary Tannock, and Terje Sagvolden.