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 ...

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 ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any moment, the brain is flooded with information, and staying focused depends ...

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

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

Everywhere you look, there is a great deal of fear about the possibility of developing dementia as you get older. A new study ...

In animal studies, keeping brain NAD + levels in balance prevented Alzheimer’s from developing. Even more striking, restoring NAD + balance after the disease was already advanced allowed the brain to ...

Cerebrospinal fluid shunting improved walking speed, gait, and balance in older adults with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus. An open-shunt valve setting led to no significant improvements in ...

As the brain ages, cells in the central nervous system experience metabolic dysfunction and increased oxidative damage. These cellular issues impair the ability to maintain the myelin sheath (the ...