Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / B. Garreau -- A child psychiatrist's point of view / G. Lelord -- A radiologist's point of view / A. Syrota -- Cerebral development and neurophysiological investigations / B. Garreau -- Methods: principles, anatomical and physiological bases PET and SPECT / J.-L. Baulieu and D. Guilloteau -- Anatomical and physiological bases of the main electroencephalographic rhythms / B. Garreau -- Frontocentral electrical brain activity in normal boys: impact of EOG correction on retest stability, topography and condition effects of slow negative cortical potentials / C. Dumais-Huber and A. Rothenberger -- Cerebral development and MRI / C. Raybaud and N. Girard -- The ontogeny of cerebral metabolism / H. T. Chugani -- The ontogeny of the EEG during infancy and childhood: implications for cognitive development / M. A. Bell -- Auditory evoked potentials (N[subscript 1] wave) as indices of cortical development / N. Bruneau and M. Gomot -- Structural neuroimaging in Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome / M. Robertson -- SPECT studies in Tourette's syndrome / J. K. Buitelaar, W. I. de Bruin and P. P. van Rijk -- Electrical brain activity and motor control in Tourette's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / A. Rothenberger -- SPECT in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Implications for the understanding of awareness / H. C. Lou and T. W. Kjaer -- Neuroanatomical and neurophysiological clues to the nature of autism / M. Belmonte and R. Carper -- Functional brain imaging studies in childhood autism / M. Zilbovicius -- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and its application to autism and brain development / N. J. Minshew and J. W. Pettegrew -- EEG investigations in autistic children / S. Cochin and J. Martineau -- Neuroimaging in eating disorders in youth / V. Delvenne --

The influence of neuropeptides and methylphenidate on evoked potentials in autistic and hyperkinetic children / H. Van Engeland, M. N. Verbaten and L. Jonkman -- Electrophysiological correlates of vitamin B6 and magnesium treatment in autism / J. Martineau -- Multivariate descriptive statistical methods: an aid to bioclinical studies in populations of developmentally disordered children / S. Roux -- Perspectives / B. Garreau.