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Study Determines Link Between Migraine, ADHD in Adults

Dopamine has long been thought to be involved in ADHD pathology. However, the comorbidity could also be more complex because of common comorbidities of other psychiatric disorders, including anxiety a... read more

ADHD drugs increase brain glutamate, predict positive emotion in healthy people

“That’s important since glutamate is the major neurotransmitter responsible ... region that connects multiple brain networks involved in emotion, decision-making and behavior. They found that two ADHD ... read more

Dopamine Role in ADHD May Explain Drug’s Efficacy

Aside from its possible role in the cause and treatment of ADHD, dopamine is known to control movement and to be involved in Parkinson’s disease; to influence motivation and modulate reward; to intera... read more

Neurotransmitters Involved in ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) causes symptoms that can disrupt a patient’s life. For example, the patient can have problems sustaining attention during a task, staying still or contr... read more

Potent, Cocaine-Like Motivational Drug Unveiled at Neuroscience Conference

Dopamine has a reputation as a warm, fuzzy neurotransmitter that acts as the brain’s main reward system — though importantly, it’s only one of a myriad of transmitters involved in this process. Very m... read more

Brain chemical has key role in ADHD: studies

documented decreased dopamine activity in the brains of a group of adults with ADHD. Volkow said the decreased dopamine activity related to systems involved with attention and cognition, but also with ... read more

ADHD appears to be associated with depressed dopamine activity in the brain

This suggests that dopamine dysfunction may be involved with ADHD symptoms and may contribute to substance abuse that often occurs simultaneously. ADHD is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder among ... read more

Dopamine Influences ADHD

Adults with (ADHD) show a blunted response to the drug methylphenidate (Ritalin), which increases brain dopamine levels, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Th... read more

Susan Greenfield’s Dopamine Disaster

I can tell you that we don’t really know what’s going on with dopamine in ADHD or schizophrenia. There’s decent evidence that dopamine is involved in schizophrenia, but not in any straightforward sens... read more

2 Studies Tie Dopamine to ADHD

Drugs associated with addiction—alcohol, nicotine, meth, cocaine—temporarily increase the level of dopamine in the brain. The adult study involved comparing brain scans of adults with and without ADHD ... read more

Children with certain dopamine system gene variants respond better to ADHD drug

Children with certain dopamine system gene variants have an improved response ... "With more information about genes that may be involved in ADHD medication response, we may be able to predict treatme... read more

The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Adderall

The Advantages Of Taking Adderall According to Morris (2014), Adderall “increases the release of the two neurotransmitters believed to be involved with ADHD.” To explain further, the two neurotransmit... read more