Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder, as defined by the DSM-5, is specifically caused by hallucinogenic drugs, primarily but not exclusively by LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). The ...

Alcohol can increase your risk of cancer, but it can also prevent some heart attacks. Here's the complicated truth.

Your body provides many signs when it needs rest, including dark circles, muscle aches, and skin blemishes. Here’s how to ...

Our brain functions like a supercomputer by gathering and processing environmental information through our senses. Isn’t it amazing how much our brain does without us even realizing it?

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is commonly accompanied by intracranial bleeding which can worsen after hospital admission. Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been shown to reduce bleeding in ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Thermal sensations are consciously differentiated as hot or cold by the brain; however, the neural mechanism that enables this differentiation is not well understood. To address ...

The blood–brain barrier is the biggest challenge to the development of drugs that target the CNS. Most capillary beds leak plasma contents between and across endothelial cells by way of window-like ...

July 30, 2024 — A new study finds that giving a fatty acid inhibitor alongside chemotherapy could improve the treatment efficacy for patients with brain metastases from triple negative breast ...

Addiction corrupts the ability to make choices.Addiction brings about changes in the brain, but those changes do not reflect a pathological process. The pathways to addiction can be difficult to ...

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

The hit show Severance can be refashioned as a teaching moment about certain brain disorders. But its famed “Innie” versus “Outie” conceit is totally bogus. Margarethe Hilferding was the ...