{"id":48,"date":"2024-12-24T11:51:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T11:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:08:05","slug":"neuroscience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/about-adhd\/neuroscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuroscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"_A9tE5AEf6EvREZ\" dir=\"ltr\">What is the neuroscience behind ADHD?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"_tvO3x1Hk9QCTLy\" dir=\"ltr\">ADHD is a condition that starts in the brain.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It happens because certain chemicals, called neurotransmitters, are not working well in a part of the brain called the pre-frontal cortex.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This part of the brain helps us pay attention, control our actions, and make balanced decisions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2-Minute Neuroscience: ADHD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w8JnDhp83gA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/interventions\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Next: ADHD interventions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the neuroscience behind ADHD? ADHD is a condition that starts in the brain. It happens because certain chemicals,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343,"parent":7,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/402"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}