More brain differences seen between girls, boys with ADHD
Cerebellum disparities may help explain behavior contrast between the sexes
By
Laurel Hamers
12:35pm, March 31, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — Girls and boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder don’t just behave differently. Parts of their brains look different, too. Now, researchers can add the cerebellum to that mismatch.
For boys, symptoms of the disorder tend to include poor impulse control and disruptive behavior. Girls are more likely to have difficulty staying focused on one task. Studies show that those behavioral differences are reflected in brain structure. Boys with ADHD, for example, are more likely than girls to display abnormalities in premotor and primary motor circuits, pediatric neurologist Stewart Mostofsky of Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore has reported previously.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/more-brain-differences-seen-between-girls-boys-adhd
