The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, NBC ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have identified a brain circuit linked to anxiety that may provide a new drug target, ...

Each time a person undergoes stress the brain releases cortisol hormones. Cortisol binds to glucocorticoid receptors and tells the body to prepare its “fight-or-flight” response. This hormone also ...

Researchers have studied how prenatal cannabis exposure affects brain development and cognitive functions, including memory ...

New research found that individuals with anorexia nervosa have elevated opioid neurotransmitter activity, which may ...

A new study led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center shows that asymptomatic brain metastasis is more common in stage 4 breast cancer patients than previously believed.

An observational analysis has found that the drugs may lower the risk of substance abuse and cognitive issues. But the ...

L ong-term heavy cannabis use could have a detrimental effect on an aspect of cognition called working memory, according to ...

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears ...

Reversing opioid overdoses in rats using a drug that does not enter the brain prevents the sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms associated with therapeutics that target the central nervous system.

A new international study has unveiled critical insights in understanding post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a condition that can develop following traumatic brain injury. Led by researchers at ...

Dr David Loane, Associate Professor in Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, said 'we’ve made a significant step forward in ...