Pennsylvania, April 1 -- : Genetic studies of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show that it takes many common genetic variations combined together in one individual to increase the risk substantially.
At the same time, neuroimaging experts have found differences in how the brains of people diagnosed with ADHD are functionally connected. However, it's unclear how genetic risk might be directly related to altered brain circuitry in individuals diagnosed with ADHD.
A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published by Elsevier, combined genetics and functional brain imaging to find that both genetic and neural factors influence ADHD diagnosis.
In the study, researchers focused their imagi...