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Review
. 1978 Feb;39(2):120-3, 7-30.

The hyperkinetic child syndrome and brain monoamines: pharmacology and therapeutic implications

D I Margolin
  • PMID: 344302
Review

The hyperkinetic child syndrome and brain monoamines: pharmacology and therapeutic implications

D I Margolin. J Clin Psychiatry. 1978 Feb.

Abstract

Decreased catecholaminergic activity within the central nervous system has been associated with altered arousal, attention, learning, and kinetic function in animals and humans. The hyperkinetic child syndrome (HCS) involves dysfunction in all these spheres and may thus reflect diminished catecholamine activity, particularly as related to brain dopamine. Accordingly, the efficacy of catecholaminergic agents in treating the HCS is a predictable rather than a paradoxical effect of these agents. Sufficient evidence is now available to strongly implicate catecholamine hypoactivity in the pathopharmacology of the HCS.

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