Neurogenics ADHD Brain Profile
An introductory self-assessment tool to help you explore your unique symptom patterns, executive functioning, and cognitive strengths with greater clarity.
Getting to the root cause of ADHD
An assessment of the classic signs of ADHD such as…
An assessment of some of the metabolic issues that contribute to the onset of ADHD including…
An assessment of some of the lifestyle factors that contribute to the onset of ADHD including…
Understanding the ADHD brain
The Neurogenics ADHD Brain Profile explores the brain regions and chemical pathways that influence attention, motivation, movement, emotional regulation, and our sense of time.
The profile also assesses for a range of metabolic issues such as blood sugar imbalance, hormonal imbalances and gut dysfunction, all of which can have a dramatic impact on brain and mental health in general and not just ADHD.
Inside the profile
Function: Executive functioning, decision-making, impulse control, and sustained attention.
ADHD Impact: Maturation here is often delayed or underactive. This causes difficulty holding information in mind (working memory), ignoring distractions, and planning multi-step tasks.
Function: Regulates voluntary movement, habit formation, and the transition between different tasks.
ADHD Impact: The basal ganglia often shows reduced connectivity. This leads to “short-circuiting” when trying to start or stop tasks (executive dysfunction) and contributes to physical restlessness.
Function: Regulates emotions, error detection, and the brain’s reward pathway.
ADHD Impact: Differences here cause emotional dysregulation, frustration intolerance, and “dopamine-seeking” behaviours. The ADHD brain requires a higher threshold of stimulation to feel a sense of reward or motivation.
Function: Heavily involved in motor coordination, timing, and pacing.
ADHD Impact: Structural differences affect the brain’s internal clock, leading to “time blindness” (chronic difficulty estimating how long tasks take) and issues with coordinated working memory.
These physical regions rely on neurotransmitters to communicate — primarily dopamine (reward and motivation) and norepinephrine (attention and alertness). In an ADHD brain, the reuptake of these chemicals often happens too quickly. This leaves the synaptic gaps under-supplied, meaning the signal between these critical brain regions drops out or misfires before the message gets across.
