ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.
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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 ...
Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...
ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...
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 ...
Researchers in Japan have shown that a harmonization approach called the traveling-subject (TS) method can reduce measurement bias in brain imaging studies, helping address inconsistencies in magnetic ...
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Brain scans reveal a surprise about ADHD meds
For years, stimulant medications for ADHD have been described as chemical accelerators, framed as drugs that rev up a ...
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