The human brain comprises billions of neurons, synapses, and cell types, making it one of the universe's most intricate and ...

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

When someone uses drugs, it interferes with the way neurons send, receive, and process signals. This interference can alter the way a person behaves, causing them to act in ways they normally wouldn’t ...

For many years, astrocytes were seen as simple support cells in the brain. Today, that picture is changing fast.

Brain mapping showed that mind-altering drugs work with multiple neurotransmitter systems. The mapping showed expected relationships, such as the link between MDMA and its well-known target, the ...

Getting drugs to the brain is difficult. The very thing designed to protect the brain's environment — the blood-brain barrier (BBB), tightly packed cells that prevent most substances from ...

As a result of this, 31 per cent of those studied were discovered to have brain bleeds while on the drug. This was compared ...

A review of the recent evidence suggests that GLP-1 drugs, such as semaglutide, could protect brain health and cognitive function by reducing inflammation.

This Is Literally Your Brain on Drugs. A small new study shows reactions in the brain in people who were given psilocybin in a controlled setting. Listen to this article · 5:49 min Learn more.

“The brain is the organ that controls what you eat, how you eat and how much energy you expend,” said Karolina Skibicka, a neuroscientist at the Pennsylvania State University who is an expert on GLP-1 ...

SOLNA, Sweden — Several of the drugs that patients take to protect their cardiovascular health may also provide a hidden ...

An older drug in the same GLP-1 class as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound appeared to protect the brain from shrinking and stave off dementia and Alzheimer’s, researchers found.