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SPECT scans found people with ADHD to have reduced blood circulation,[1] and a significantly higher concentration of dopamine transporters in the striatum which is in charge of planning ahead.[2]

  1. Lou HC, Andresen J, Steinberg B, McLaughlin T, Friberg L. "The striatum in a putative cerebral network activated by verbal awareness in normals and in ADHD children." Eur J Neurol. 1998 Jan;5(1):67-74. PMID 10210814
  2. Dougherty et al. Lancet 354 (1999) 2132-2133; Dresel et al. Eur. J.Nucl. Med. 25 (1998) 31-39