Cannabis potency and use among teenagers has increased in recent years. Researchers are looking at the risks of smoking and ...

Teenage substance experimentation is driven by low baseline dopamine, acting as a compensatory brain response.

Research by the Technion has demonstrated that activation of the brain's reward system could boost recovery from a heart attack. The research, which was conducted at the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport ...

Weight-loss jabs such as Ozempic may do far more than curb appetite, with new research suggesting they could also dampen ...

A new study is challenging one of neuroscience’s most enduring ideas: that the brain’s reward system exists to make us feel good. Instead, researchers argue that it is built to optimize energy.

When faced with multiple food options and ultimately choosing one, the factors of that decision-making process may be more physiological than previously assumed. A group of scientists led by ...

The debate surrounding Ozempic, Mounjaro, and related therapies therefore extends far beyond obesity or diabetes because it ...

I was a third-year medical student at Northwestern on my ICU rotation the first time I saw a dopamine drip. The patient was pale and motionless, his blood pressure dropping by the minute despite large ...