In an invited commentary, "The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study and How We Think About Addiction,"publishedinJAMA Network Open, Felix Pichardo and Sylia Wilson with the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities highlight the study's relevance to rethinking ...
Why does the rapid delivery of drugs to the brain promote addiction? Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2005;26 (2):82-7.Samaha, A. N., & Robinson, T. E. (2005). Why does the rapid delivery of drugs to the brain promote addiction?. Trends in pharmacological sciences, 26(2), 82-87....
What does ephedrine do in the brain? Ephedrine also has harmful side effects. It activates pathways in the human brain that areresponsible for weight loss, but it also activates pathways that could lead to dramatic change in heart rate or blood pressure. Moreover, ephedrine, like nicotine, pro...
Learning programs the brain. It is nature’s way to create simultaneously both “hardware” and “software” for the brain. Neuroscientists have long known that learning experiences change the functional circuitry that is used to process and remember a given learning event. The circuit change is a...
How Does Your Brain Change From Depression? What does depression do to the brain? Unfortunately, this question isn’t easily answered, because the effects of depression on the brain can be quite complex. What’s more, they continue to be studied, since we don’t understand everything there ...
However, Ozempic doesn't directly change the body's ability to burn fat. Rather, it works in part by altering the brain's response to food. So how does the brain regulate body weight? Each of us has a given weight — known as a set point — that our brain wants to maintain, much...
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The physical consequences of substance abuse are often the first to be noticed, as addiction wreaks havoc on the body over time. The face, often referred to as the “window to health,” becomes a canvas for the damage caused by drugs and alcohol. Weight loss, gaunt features, and dark cir...
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