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

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any ...

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

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

These brain areas are central to attention and information processing, emotional regulation, executive function and decision-making – all markers of ADHD. "Despite these promising results, this study ...

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 ...

Explore innovative ADHD therapies that focus on reducing neural noise to improve attention and focus in individuals.

Key Findings From the Geneva Study Since iron is easily detectable by MRI scans, researchers used quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) MRI to analyze iron distribution in the brain. A group of 32 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Stimulant medications are considered the first-line ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.