How does ADHD affect the brain?

Hi all! This video talks about how ADHD affects the brain, including different circuits, the role of dopamine, and the mechanisms behind medicinal and therapeutic treatments. Hope you all enjoy it!

Music creds: Jayan Patel

0:00 Intro
00:29 What is ADHD?
02:01 ADHD & Dopamine
03:29 ADHD & medication
04:22 ADHD & brain circuits
06:35 ADHD & cognitive behaviour therapy
08:23 Summary

References
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Loo, et al. "Cortical activity patterns in ADHD during arousal, activation and sustained attention." Neuropsychologia 47.10 (2009): 2114-2119.

Volkow, et al. "Evaluating dopamine reward pathway in ADHD: clinical implications." Jama 302.10 (2009): 1084-1091.

Badgaiyan, et al. "Attenuated tonic and enhanced phasic release of dopamine in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder." PLoS One 10.9 (2015): e0137326.

Mayer et al. "Underarousal in adult ADHD: how are peripheral and cortical arousal related?." Clinical EEG and neuroscience 47.3 (2016): 171-179.

Mayer et al. "Underarousal in adult ADHD: how are peripheral and cortical arousal related?." Clinical EEG and neuroscience 47.3 (2016): 171-179.

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[my.dear.watson]

I cannot thank you more for this video, Ava. It helps me understand my own condition better and it is very useful to me. Again, thank you for this 😊.

[LoganxSmith]

Would love to see more! Great learning format. Commenting so that I can see more videos from you in the future

[quinn]

You just told my life story! Thanks for the thorough and clear explanation of how ADHD affects the brain, Ava.

[andsreelare]

When I was a child I was definitely combined but as an adult I have been diagnosed as inattentive.

I think the difference is merely the course of an individual's life - did they have the chance to internalize the hyperactivity through support, or probably more common - misery?

I learned to become very anxious and self aware, and a real social chameleon, at the cost of stress and essentially PTSD symptoms

[JL-exyp]

Great video, to think I have only seen it now! Hopefully it gets pushed up the ladder soon! :) P.S. New sub

[marrisamodell]

Hi Again, Ava! I always love your videos, they organize such complex topics so well! My partner has ADHD and I love them so much. Now I have learned so much more! I've always had questions about what kind of medications they need and how they use them, and now I see. Thanks again!

[kathleenmabon]

Thank you so much, I really enjoy all your videos & hearing about your academic journey as I'm an Undergrad Psychology student & this one is particularly pertinent as I also have ADHD-C. Thank you again for your videos!

[nealio]

I have ADHD. I got to 1m 20s in before I lost track. This thing is a curse! :D

Edit: I got to 3:30, and this explains a lot! Having to keep rewind and re-play stuff though, because I'm getting distracted by updating this comment, the fly trying to get out my window, etc