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July 23, 2009 07:22:49
Posted By Mind-Brain Technologies
In a study just published in the Scientific Journal EEG And Clinical Neuro-Sciences, researchers have shown that neuro-feedback is indeed an effective, evidence-based treatment for ADHD. Neuro-feedback or EEG biofeedback has been recognized for over a decade as an effective treatment modality for treating Attention Deficit Disorders (AD/HD) because of its ability to improve brain self-regulation, by enhancing certain brain wave activity. 
                                                                                            
Researchers from Tubingen University in Germany and from Radboud University in the Netherlands have done a meta analysis that reviewed 15 studies and 1194 ADHD patients. The researchers concluded that neuro-feedback is indeed an effective modality that can be considered an evidence-based treatment for ADHD, as it proves to show significant positive effects on inattention, impulsivity as well as hyperactivity. 
 
I am not surprised at these results because I have been using EEG biofeedback in my clinic with great success for over 15 years, both with children and adults. The programs I developed at the ACE clinic offer a perfect combination of neuro-feedback treatment (without the need for expensive and cumbersome equipment), as well as training of all essential cognitive skills, something that traditional Neurofeedback does not do. To read a more detailed article about enhancing brain wave ratios in ADHD individuals, click here.
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Categories: ADHD, Learning Disabilities
 
July 6, 2009 05:51:29
Posted By Mind-Brain Technologies
Researchers have identified hundreds of gene variations that occur more frequently in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than in children without ADHD. Many of those genes were already known to be important for learning, behavior, brain function and neurodevelopment, but had not been previously associated with ADHD. The study appeared online in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
 
 
Drawing on DNA samples from the Children's Hospital pediatric network, the researchers analyzed genomes from 335 ADHD patients and their families, compared to more than 2,000 unrelated healthy children. The team used highly automated gene-analyzing technology at the Center for Applied Genomics at Children's Hospital, directed by Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D.,
a co-leader of this study.
 
Source: Elia et al, "Rare Structural Variants Found in Attention-Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder Are Preferentially Associated with
Neurodevelopmental Genes," Molecular Psychiatry, published online, June 23,
COMMENTS:
The knowledge that ADHD is an inherited neurological condition still comes as a surprise when mentioned to many of the patients in my clinic. Such news, however, provide some relief for parents who think they have not been bringing up their children very well, and kids are happy to learn that their condition is not a result of being lazy or dumb.
This is an excellent study that might lead one day to better understanding of ADHD, which is quite a complex disorder. Naturally, much more research is required in order to find a cure. In the meantime, specialized brain training software such as Sharper Brain could be quite beneficial in overcoming some of the neurological difficulties associated with the disorder.
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