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Article: Brain Imaging Study Finds ADHD Differences.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- December 8, 2003
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By Seema Hakhu Kachru
Houston, Dec 8 (PTI) A new brain imaging study sheds light on underlying cause of attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD), a serious neuropsychiatric problem in school children. Researchers have exactly pointed the areas where the brains of children with ADHD differ from those of the other children.
The study findings as per the researchers could soon lead to better drugs and behavioral interventions to treat kids with ADHD. Results in the latest issue of THE LANCET provide details of the underlying physical causes of attention-deficit hyperactivity syndrome, with reductions in size of some brain areas and an increase in ...