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 ...

Understood reports children with ADHD are more likely to struggle with motor skills, highlighting the importance of early ...

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 ...

The stimulants Ritalin and Adderall have been used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for decades, but ...

ADHD drugs don’t improve attention, new research finds – but they still work - More than seven million U.S. children and 15 million adults adults live with the lifelong brain disorder ...

ADHD has increasingly been conceptualized as a disorder that affects the brain’s connectivity. Many studies have focused on the brain’s outer cortical regions, such as the frontal lobes, which are ...

Attention can feel like a fragile thing, especially when your brain struggles to sort signal from noise. Every second, your ...

It has long been assumed that psychostimulants help those with ADHD by acting on the brain’s attention circuitry. However, ...