In recent months, many Republican officials have said that THC is fatal and addictive. But that's far from the whole story.

Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up before they take their first puff or sip ...

Telltale features in standard brain images can reveal how quickly a person is ageing, a study of more than 50,000 brain scans has shown 1. Pivotal features include the thickness of the cerebral ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

Led by researchers from the Research Center Jülich and RWTH Aachen University in Germany, the study compared brain scans of men diagnosed as psychopaths against brain scans from male volunteers ...

Researchers have made progress against ‘the skull challenge,’ getting through barriers that prohibit ultrasound from imaging the brain while a patient is moving.

New research has pinpointed specific brain regions that are altered in individuals with psychopathy—especially those with antisocial behaviors.

AI can now detect tiny brain tumors often missed by MRI scans. This breakthrough research, which was conducted by the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Robovision Healthcare, showcases that AI ...

Whether or not we grow new brain cells as adults has been the subject of an ongoing and often contentious debate. Now, evidence suggests that we can. This could help answer one of neuroscience ...

While trying to conceive, learning and memory researcher Liz Chrastil took an unusual step: She became her own subject in a study of how pregnancy changes the brain.

How a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object ...