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

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There is too much of a good thing. You may be dealing with too much dopamine, making it hard to enjoy life’s simple things. A ...

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 ...

Feeling numb, restless, or addicted to your phone? You might be experiencing a dopamine deficit. Dr. Anna Lembke, ...

Structural brain differences have been previously found in people who use drugs and were assumed to be effects of drug use, said Dr. Jonathan Foulds, a professor of public health sciences at Penn ...

Brain and behavior. ... June 29, 2025 — Researchers are using an advanced brain imaging method called MEG to understand why Parkinson’s drug levodopa doesn’t work equally well for everyone.

A class of drugs commonly used to treat movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome is pushing people into risky sexual behavior. Patients taking dopamine agonists say ...

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IF YOU TAKE a GLP-1 agonist like Ozempic or Zepbound, you can see changes to your waistline and your blood sugar within weeks. What might be less obvious is how the drug is affecting your brain ...

Those who grew up when Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) pamphlets were common in the school counselor's office are probably familiar with the “gateway drug” theory, which suggests ...