A new study published in the journal Science Signaling has found that an immune system protein plays a central role in the ...

A shaky hand, a racing heart, a wave of dread; alcohol withdrawal can feel like your body has turned against you. For many ...

Much of the conversation around addiction swings between two worldviews. On one side is the belief that addiction is a brain ...

Star City Recovery, a drug and alcohol residential treatment center in Los Angeles, has begun art therapy classes. In these classes, clients will be guided by experienced art therapists towards ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists showed that it’s possible to reproduce an entire cerebral cortex inside one of the world’s fastest computers. The model represents the ...

Paolo Severi's mind keeps replaying what happened three decades ago when he entered addiction treatment at San Patrignano in Italy. The 47-year-old program is one of Europe's best-known rehab centers.

For decades, my colleagues and I advanced the premise that early substance use—nicotine, alcohol, or cannabis (or other addicting drugs)—interferes with critical maturation stages, particularly ...

“The brain is a wild place” was how Kelly Dycus described the gray matter we all have. Anything that compromises how it functions can lead to devastating, sometimes fatal results. Drugs — legal and ...

The authors ask whether a simple whole-head spectral power analysis of human magnetoencephalography data recorded at rest in a large cohort of adults shows robust effects of age, and their results ...

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

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that reinforce repeated use and make quitting extremely difficult. For decades, ...