Are different types of ADHD explained by brain differences?

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Kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can tend to struggle with being mostly inattentive, mostly hyperactive-impulsive, or both, but Australian researchers have found that these different subtypes of ADHD can't be explained by differences in the brain's white matter structure or network connectivity. The authors say these findings might suggest that the white matter structural architecture is largely similar between the different ADHD presentations.

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Organisation/s: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney

Funder: This study was funded in the form of grants by the NHMRC funded Project Grant (APP1008080) awarded to MSK and LMW; an NHMRC Early Career Researcher Fellowship (GNT1122842) awarded to KRG; and an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (APP1090148) awarded to MSK. The iSPOT-A trial was also sponsored by Brain Resource Company Operations Pty Ltd.

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