Researchers identified three distinct brain “biotypes” of ADHD, each with its own chemical signature—offering new clues about why treatment can feel like trial and error.

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists are updating their view of how drugs like Adderall and Ritalin help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stay on task. The latest evidence is a study of thousands of brain ...

In women, ADHD is often overlooked or diagnosed later in adulthood. Psychiatrist Dr. Sasha Hamdani explains the hidden signs ...

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 ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often talked about as if it were a single condition. But anyone who works ...

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these medications activate reward and alertness systems, helping children stay ...

ADHD often looks like “not trying," but the science tells a different story. Here’s what parents should know about the ADHD brain and how to help.

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 ...

Researchers have found that the severity of autism symptoms, rather than the diagnosis itself, is linked to patterns of brain connectivity associated with genes connected to autism and ADHD.

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 ...