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How Do These ADHD Medications Work in the Brain? The Mechanisms Are Different Than Once Thought, a Study Suggests
Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...
A new study suggests that common medications prescribed to help manage ADHD, such as Adderall and Ritalin, may work ...
Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and motivation.
For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very ...
ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...
After evaluating scans of almost 5,800 children with and without attention deficit disorder, US researchers discovered that ...
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ADHD’s “stuck in the present” nature may be rooted in specific brain network communication
Participants rated their own tendencies toward inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity using the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale. They also completed the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory to measure ...
Managing time effectively can be a Herculean task for almost everyone. A person with ADD or ADHA (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), however, often finds themselves facing a Mt. Olympus-size ...
There is a misconception that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be caused by eating too many sweets or bad parenting. Our kids could do better in ...
ADHD is the most common neurobiological disorder in children. The key word being neurobiological. When in the throes of raising a neurodivergent child, it’s easy to forget that their behavior is ...
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