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Science 24 December 1971:
Vol. 174. no. 4016, pp. 1356 - 1357
DOI: 10.1126/science.174.4016.1356
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Photic Responses in Hyperkinesis of Childhood

Taranath Shetty 1

1 Division of Pediatric Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02118

Intravenous injections of drugs that stimulate the central nervous system decreased photic driving responses and photoinyoclonic responses in hyperkinetic children. Neither injections of saline in these children nor injections of stimulant drugs in normal subjects produced such diminution. The neurophysiological implications are discussed.


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