Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that ...

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Scientists exploring how the brain responds to stress discovered molecular changes that can influence behavior long after an ...

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In an Ohio case involving the termination of one's parental rights, Judge Kinsley of the First District Court of Appeals ...

New research shows that astrocytes play an active role in nicotine-induced brain changes, challenging the long-held neuron-centered view of addiction.

Explore the connections between the world of neuroscience and nuances of substance use disorders with our inaugural episode of In Such a Place. We’ll speak with Dr. Anna Radke, a leading expert in the ...

Matt Field receives research funding from the Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Alcohol Change UK, and the Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling. He is a trustee of ...

Curiosity-driven experiments in a basement eventually sparked a worldwide rethink of how stress, addiction, and life experiences shape the brain.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is evidence that GLP-1s can ameliorate psychiatric and neurologic symptoms. More clinical trials on the ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is ...