Fifty years of outstanding neuroscience research studies have revealed many secrets of how drugs of abuse affect and change ...

Underage Drinking Prevention Campaign, featuring the work of the Partnership for Drug Free Kids. This week’s article focuses on adolescent brain development and why teens act the way they do.

What if a single choice could hijack your brain's wiring, rewriting your behavior, judgment, and even your ability to survive? The human brain is an essential organ in the body, responsible for ...

Study sheds light on source of drug addicts risk-taking behavior Date: February 10, 2016 Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Summary: New insight has been gained into how the brains of ...

This drug-seeking behavior became even more intense 30 days after the rats were taken ... Inside the brain, the drug-related cue “supersedes the other stimuli and you basically make the wrong ...

For the first time, research has shown that a person’s beliefs influence brain activity and connectivity, producing a dose-dependent effect that was only thought to occur with pharmaceutical agents.

The researchers said this study solves a "chicken-or-egg" question of whether brain changes come before drug use or are caused from it. Their findings are published in the April 29 issue of Nature ...

Drug addiction poses a global public health challenge, ... Winning experiences can reduce drug-seeking behavior by reshaping brain's dopamine system. Story by Liu Jia • 21h.

It’s extraordinarily powerful because in pharmacology, you have the ability — by giving a drug — to manipulate [the brain using] that biochemical substance. So I started to volunteer in a research ...

Psychedelic drugs like LSD can change brain cells in rats and flies, making neurons more likely to branch out and connect with one another. This supports the theory that psychedelics could help ...

What 9 common drugs including caffeine, weed, and booze do to your brain By Erin Brodwin 2015-07-14T14:19:00Z ...