Week 12: Hijacking your brain: psychoactive drugs, motivation and addiction The journey in this session will lead you to understanding the mechanisms of action of prescriptive and recreational drugs.

Recent research zooms in on the brain's own 'waste-disposal' system, with the aim of uncovering potential strategies to ...

Addiction hits closer to home than many of us might realize. According to the 2023 United States National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 48.5 million Americans over the age of 12 — that is, about 1 in ...

Brain activity changes over time based on daily habits like sleep, exercise, and mood. Heart rate and physical activity also ...

Brain fog can be disorienting, confusing, and even a bit scary for folks—especially those with ADHD and neurodivergence.

A study that used a specialized type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)--neuromelanin-sensitive MRI-- has shown that this ...

A newly published study by Akshaya Bhagavathula, NDSU associate professor of epidemiology, highlights the growing disparities ...

Hundreds attended the Fentanyl Forum at the Berna Facio Professional Development Center bringing awareness, education, and ...

Ever wonder how your daily activities affect your brain? A recent study reveals our lifestyle choices have a profound impact ...

Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have shown that, just like declarative memories, short-term and long-term memories for motor skills form in different regions of the brain, with the cerebellum being ...