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Delving into the causes of attention deficits: Childhood adversity, lost sleep and dopamine

by Nancy Fliesler, Children’s Hospital Boston Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research on the effects of adversity in childhood ties together stress, sleep loss, and attention deficits later in life. It also uncovers some of the underlying brain biology and potential treatment approaches—while revealing a puzzling sex-specific effect. The lab of Takao Hensch, Ph.D., has long...