Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent global health challenges, yet the cellular mechanisms underlying it are less explored. Now, researchers have discovered that astrocytes, glial ...

For weeks, Steele, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, and members of his lab have traveled to an addiction treatment center in Middletown, Connecticut, where they are ...

Scientists exploring how the brain responds to stress discovered molecular changes that can influence behavior long after an ...

Playing video games is a rite of passage for many adolescents, but for some, it could also be the first step to a gaming addiction. "A number one concern for parents of children and teenagers is how ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwanese researchers have developed an AI-based brainwave screening method to detect early signs of ...