Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any moment, the brain is flooded with information, and staying focused depends ...

Researchers have discovered that symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are tied to atypical interactions between the brain's frontal cortex and ...

Researchers analyzed brain scans from thousands of kids to learn more about ADHD. They found consistent trends in brain volume and function across a diverse population with ADHD. ADHD is one of the ...

For years, stimulant medications for ADHD have been described as chemical accelerators, framed as drugs that rev up a ...

Study shows a developmental lag in a certain brain area in kids with ADHD. Nov. 12, 2007— -- Kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder lag three years behind their peers when it comes to ...

A new study suggests that children with ADHD may exhibit a distinctive, measurable pattern of brain activity that could reflect differences in neural efficiency. The researchers focus on aperiodic EEG ...

Share on Pinterest What does the latest research say about the impact of ADHD drugs on brain health and quality of life? Image credit: Marco_Piunti/ Getty Images Around 25% of adults in the United ...

May 7, 2008 (Washington, DC) — A large neuroimaging study found that in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), brain development follows a normal trajectory, but maturation of the prefrontal ...

Share on Pinterest What can genes and brain volume tell us about Parkinson’s, ADHD? Image credit: Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images. A genome-wide association study has identified a ...

ADHD (inattentive type), anxiety and insomnia in adults are not three different problems but on one continuum syndrome. I call this syndrome a Busy Brain, writes Dr. Romie Mushtaq. Getty Images Do you ...