Brain on stimulant ADHD medication (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Brain on stimulant ADHD medication

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WashU Medicine researchers find stimulant medications don’t affect attention-controlling regions of the brain, as previously thought. Brain scans show the drugs affect brain areas involved in wakefulness and reward, highlighted in yellow and orange.

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Benjamin Kay

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