Epilepsy and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Is There a Link?

The probability of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases in children with epilepsy. The two disorders may have common causative factors. A bidirectional association between ADHD and epilepsy has been suggested in previous studies. Causative factors, such as those that are genetics and environmental, may be common in both disorders and cause several transcriptional changes in the brain, thus, altering behavior or cognition prior to seizures. *Corresponding author: Bai-Horng Su, Children’s Hospital of China Medical University, No.2, Yuh-Der Road, North District, Taichung 40447, Taiwan, Tel: +8864-22052121 extension 4634; Fax: +886-4-22032798; E-mail: [email protected] Received February 22, 2014; Accepted November 29, 2014; Published December 06, 2014 Citation: Chou IC, Su BH (2014) Epilepsy and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Is There a Link? J Psychol Abnorm Child 4: 135. doi:10.4172/23299525.1000135 Copyright: © 2014 Chou IC, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.