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Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have reduced iron levels in the brain, which normalize with stimulant medication. Vitria Adisetiyo, PhD at the Medical University of South Carolina Center for Biomedical Imaging in Charleston found that medication-naive patients with ADHD had significantly lower brain iron levels compared with their counterparts who had been receiving psychostimulant medication. ADHD patients with a history of psychostimulant medication treatment had brain iron levels comparable with those of control individuals, suggesting that brain iron levels may increase to normal levels with psychostimulant treatment. These findings have potential implications for diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. Lower brain iron may serve as a physiological biomarker for ADHD that can help in the clinical diagnosis, particularly in borderline cases.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 12:56:36 +0000

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