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Featured Neurology Neuroscience Psychology

·October 7, 2026·8 min read

Adults With ADHD Face Higher Long-Term Dementia Risk

Adults with ADHD have over 4 times the risk of dementia, backed by genetic data from 187,000 older adults.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·September 18, 2026·5 min read

Disruption of Striatal D2 Receptor Neurons Drives ADHD and Impulsivity

Deleting the NSF protein in striatal dopamine neurons causes ADHD-like symptoms in mice that respond to combination drug therapy.

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Featured Neuroscience

·September 18, 2026·6 min read

Brain’s “Blue Place” Rewrites How Norepinephrine Drives Learning

A new study maps the locus coeruleus, showing it routes targeted norepinephrine signals for learning and contains the longest recorded mouse axon.

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Autism Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·September 2, 2026·4 min read

How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development

Salk scientists discover how severe illness during pregnancy alters fetal epigenomes, increasing the risk for autism and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·August 4, 2026·9 min read

Autism Spectrum May Be Too Broad

A new study argues argues the autism spectrum has become an overly broad catch-all, risking overdiagnosis and calling for precise subgrouping.

Neuroscience

·July 23, 2026·8 min read

Study Maps Motor Abnormalities Across Mental Health Spectrums

A new study uses the HiToP framework to map motor symptoms to mental health dimensions in nearly 3,500 individuals.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·July 21, 2026·8 min read

Study Maps Accelerated Brain Aging Signatures Across 9 Conditions

Measuring Predictive Age Difference (PAD), the team found that Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment showed the highest accelerated brain aging, followed by psychiatric disorders and substance addiction.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 1, 2026·10 min read

Slow Maternal Response Time Linked to ADHD in Kids

Slower maternal vocal response times to 12-month-old infants predict an increased risk of ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders by age 7. For every 10% increase in the probability of a maternal response within one second, the child's odds of receiving a psychiatric diagnosis dropped by 17%, highlighting real-time communication tracking as a powerful, non-invasive indicator for early intervention screening.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·July 1, 2026·11 min read

Acetaminophen Cleared of Autism and ADHD Pregnancy Risks

A new study utilizes a rigorous sibling-matched design to conclusively prove that prenatal paracetamol (acetaminophen) exposure carries zero risk of causing autism or ADHD, regardless of trimester timing or dosage volume.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 26, 2026·12 min read

Breastfeeding Linked to Reduced ADHD Symptoms

Researchers demonstrated that exclusive breastfeeding up to six months of age is associated with a clear, independent reduction in childhood ADHD symptoms at ages three, five, and eight, even after adjusting for genetic liabilities and utilizing sibling-pair controls.