Paul Condren

It's amazing to work here because you kind of see things, you know, you're the first person in the world to see them.

And then you get excited and you share it with everyone, like, you know, look at this.

But the functional side, that's the exciting side because it gives you a snapshot of the brain, how it's operating at that particular moment.

What we do at Matai with this study is this dynamic resting state, which allows us to get more samples in the same amount of time, but a lot more samples.

So we get more data to look at.

It's a really exciting study.

The hypothesis of improving the blood flow to the frontal cortex is just a bit of genius, really.

And then when you start looking at the results, it's blatantly obvious.

So the ADHD brain starts resembling the neurotypical brain.

I mean, it's brilliant to see that because you're looking at a snapshot of the brain, how it's functioning at that time or how it's connecting to other parts of the brain at that time.

We put people into a scanner.

We put a cross on the screen.

you look at that cross and you try and think of absolutely nothing.

And what we're measuring is the change in blood flow from oxygenated to deoxygenated blood.

So the parts of the brain that are operational require more oxygen.

And that slight change is what we're measuring.

So if you're doing a task of tapping your finger, you can see what part of the brain is responsible for that task.

When you're in resting state, your brain's still communicating.

So the parts of your brain that are working are those that light up.

I would have said before the study, no.