A new Finnish research reveals how brain's opioids modulate responses towards other people's pain. Recent results obtained by researchers from Turku PET Centre and Aalto University have revealed how ...

Fear and anxiety help defend us against harm, and are largely controlled via neural circuits of interconnected nerve cells and synaptic activity in the brain's amygdala that allow neurons to pass ...

Feeling good doesn't just lift our mood—it also helps us stay flexible and resilient. A new study by an international team of neuroscientists shows that natural brain opioids released after rewards ...

Some medicines that are unrelated to maintaining brain health can also impact the organ following chronic usage. Dr ...

University of Iowa researchers in the Carver College of Medicine discovered a commonly used drug could treat opioid use ...

Researchers report that acetazolamide prevented adverse brain changes caused by cocaine withdrawal in mice, suggesting the approved drug could be repurposed to target relapse-related pathways.

The opioid epidemic is devastating America. Overdoses have passed car crashes and gun violence to become the leading cause of death for Americans under 55. The epidemic has killed more people than HIV ...

An existing drug currently used to treat glaucoma, altitude sickness, and seizures may also have ...

Researchers find that a common glaucoma drug, acetazolamide, can reverse brain changes and prevent relapse in opioid use disorder.