 Methylphenidate
"Methylphenidate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A central nervous system stimulant used most commonly in the treatment of ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER in children and for NARCOLEPSY. Its mechanisms appear to be similar to those of DEXTROAMPHETAMINE. The d-isomer of this drug is referred to as DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE.
| Descriptor ID |
D008774
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.223.601.600 D03.383.621.460
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| Concept/Terms |
Metadate- Metadate
- Equasym
- Celltech Brand of Methylphenidate Hydrochloride
Methylin- Methylin
- Mallinckrodt Brand of Methylphenidate Hydrochloride
Ritalin- Ritalin
- Novartis Brand 1 of Methylphenidate Hydrochloride
- Ritaline
- Cephalon Brand of Methylphenidate Hydrochloride
Ritalin-SR- Ritalin-SR
- Ritalin SR
- Novartis Brand 2 of Methylphenidate Hydrochloride
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methylphenidate" by people in Profiles.
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Mann A, Li A, Radwan K, Karnik NS, Keenan K. Factors Associated with Management of Teen Aggression: Child Psychiatric Clinical Decision Making. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2017 Jun; 27(5):445-450.
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Hausdorff JM. Gait dynamics in Parkinson's disease: common and distinct behavior among stride length, gait variability, and fractal-like scaling. Chaos. 2009 Jun; 19(2):026113.
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Auriel E, Hausdorff JM, Giladi N. Methylphenidate for the treatment of Parkinson disease and other neurological disorders. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2009 Mar-Apr; 32(2):75-81.
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Ben-Itzhak R, Giladi N, Gruendlinger L, Hausdorff JM. Can methylphenidate reduce fall risk in community-living older adults? A double-blind, single-dose cross-over study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Apr; 56(4):695-700.
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Leitner Y, Barak R, Giladi N, Peretz C, Eshel R, Gruendlinger L, Hausdorff JM. Gait in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder : effects of methylphenidate and dual tasking. J Neurol. 2007 Oct; 254(10):1330-8.
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Leitner Y, Doniger GM, Barak R, Simon ES, Hausdorff JM. A novel multidomain computerized cognitive assessment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: evidence for widespread and circumscribed cognitive deficits. J Child Neurol. 2007 Mar; 22(3):264-76.
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Auriel E, Hausdorff JM, Herman T, Simon ES, Giladi N. Effects of methylphenidate on cognitive function and gait in patients with Parkinson's disease: a pilot study. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2006 Jan-Feb; 29(1):15-7.
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Watanabe MD, Martin EM, DeLeon OA, Gaviria M, Pavel DG, Trepashko DW. Successful methylphenidate treatment of apathy after subcortical infarcts. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1995; 7(4):502-4.
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