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Acetylcholine regulates

  • Memory formation1

Acetylcholine is very similar in structure to nicotine and binds to the same receptors. The high comorbidity of ADHD and smoking indicates a connection.2

The significance of acetylcholine in relation to ADHD is still largely unexplored.

A meta-analysis study reported increased choline levels in the blood of ADHD sufferers3

  • PFC
  • Striatum
  • Anterior cingulate cortex.

Choline is a precursor of acetylcholine as well as phosphatidyl-choline and sphingomyelin.

  1. Simchen, Helga: http://helga-simchen.info/Thesen-zu-ADS; dort: was bewirken die Botenstoffe? ↥

  2. Müller, Candrian, Kropotov (2011): ADHS – Neurodiagnostik in der Praxis, Springer, Seite 87 ↥

  3. Perlov, Philipsen, Matthies, Drieling, Maier, Bubl, Hesslinger, Buechert, Henning, Ebert, Tebartz Van Elst (2009); Spectroscopic findings in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: review and meta-analysis. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2009;10(4 Pt 2):355-65. doi: 10.1080/15622970802176032. PMID: 18609427. METASTUDIE ↥

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