Autism and ADHD have distinct brain connectivity signatures, study finds

 ADHD in the News 2025-06-05


[Excerpt] Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and King's College London recently carried out a large-scale statistical analysis aimed at comparing the patterns of communication between different regions in the brains of individuals diagnosed with ASD with those observed in the brains of individuals with ADHD. Their findings, published in Nature Mental Health, suggest that although ASD and ADHD can appear together, they are associated with different brain connectivity patterns.