After evaluating scans of almost 5,800 children with and without attention deficit disorder, US researchers discovered that ...

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

In the United States, an estimated one in nine children has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...

For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very ...

A new study suggests that common medications prescribed to help manage ADHD, such as Adderall and Ritalin, may work ...

Stimulants Mimic A Night Of Sound Sleep Rather Than Directly Boost Attention In A Nutshell Not attention networks: ADHD ...

Now, researchers say the stimulants don’t work as previously believed. Instead of affecting regions of the brain that control attention, the drugs primarily affect the brain’s reward and wakefulness ...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7, 2026 (HealthDay News) — For decades, doctors assumed ADHD medications like Ritalin and Adderall work by ...

In a new study, children played a virtual reality game while in an MRI scanner – the brains of children with ADHD showed a notable increase in functional connectivity, a result which could help us ...

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 ...

Brain imaging methods like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to characterize structural differences in the brains of children with attention-deficit ...

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 ...