{"id":5688,"date":"2025-12-27T07:49:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T15:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/adhd-drugs-may-boost-arousal-more-than-attention-shots\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T07:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T15:50:17","slug":"adhd-drugs-may-boost-arousal-more-than-attention-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/adhd-drugs-may-boost-arousal-more-than-attention-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"ADHD drugs may boost arousal more than attention : Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scientists are updating their view of how drugs like Adderall and Ritalin help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stay on task.<\/p>\n

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The latest evidence is a study of thousands of brain scans of adolescents that confirms earlier hints that stimulant drugs have little direct impact on brain networks that control attention.<\/p>\n

Instead, the drugs appear to activate networks involved in alertness and the anticipation of pleasure, scientists report<\/u><\/a> in the journal Cell<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“We think it’s a combination of both arousal and reward, that kind of one-two punch, that really helps kids with ADHD when they take this medication,” says Dr. Benjamin Kay<\/u><\/a>, a pediatric neurologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the study’s lead author.<\/p>\n