Does an increase in reticular formation cause ADD?
The reticular activating system (RAS) is an area of the brain (including the reticular formation and its connections) responsible for regulating arousal and sleep-wake transitions. According to Harvard Medical School, current research strongly suggests that Attention Deficit Disorder is caused *in part by a DEFICIENCY of norepinephrine in the ascending reticular activating system.* But it’s not just activation levels of the Reticular Activating System that are a problem with Attention Deficit Disordered individuals. There are issues with the number of brain cells, the size of the brain cells, and the number of connections between brain cells. You can read the link below for more on this, but basically the ADHD child, or adult, needs to develop a greater degree of neural density, and a larger number of neural connections to process information faster and more efficiently. All of that must be sorted out and filtered, so that only the important information is paid attention to, and the un
