Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

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

More than 3 million children take medication to manage ADHD symptoms. Discover how new research suggests they may work a ...

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

New research suggests that prescription stimulants for ADHD don't actually improve attention directly. They work on different pathways in the brain that support attention. .

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD in short, is a long-term condition that includes a combination of different ...

While ADHD drugs work on wakefulness, they also mimic the effect of good sleep without fixing a problem. Sleep habits are ...

Worried that this will be you if you are prescribed stimulants for ADHD? Recent research show this won't happen. Source: MART PRODUCTION/Pexels Despite the effectiveness of stimulant medications ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

WashU Medicine researchers find stimulant medications don’t affect attention-controlling regions of the brain, as previously ...