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DG Dispatch - AAN: Differences In Brain Size Found In Hyperactive Children

Ken Collins KPaulC at email.msn.com
Wed Jul 28 23:26:16 EST 1999


put this together with the stuff of the ref cited in your other msg:

"Early Nutrition In Babies May Have Long-Term Effects On The Brain"

and check it out(?)

ken collins

John wrote in message <933218249.872440 at server.australia.net.au>...
>http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/f942e.htm
>
>"TORONTO, ON -- April 19, 1999 -- Children who have attention deficit
>hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear to have less grey and white matter in
>the frontal portions of their brains than non-hyperactive controls. It is
>believed that about three to five percent of the children have ADHD.
>
>
>According to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology,
>hyperactive children appear to have less grey matter (or brain cells) in
the
>right frontal lobe of the brain, as well as less white matter -- the
>neuronal connections between cells in both the right and left frontal
>lobes."
>
>
>





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