Amid continued conversations about legalizing cannabis in Pennsylvania comes new research suggesting a potential brain pathway involved in cannabis use disorder and psychosis. It's one of the ...

Scientists have long struggled to define brain fog—let alone pinpoint a cause for it. But research is starting to reveal multiple potential causes from inflammation to a leaky blood-brain barrier.

In a mouse study, they describe a brain pathway that starts with neurons (labeled in green, above) that sense inflammation signals, and the researchers were able to treat the loss of motivation by ...

Studying mice with cancer-linked cachexia, a condition typical of the disease that leads to muscle wasting and weight loss, they discovered a previously unrecognized pathway in the brain.

The MC4R pathway regulates hunger and energy expenditure. Cancer patients can develop obesity after surgery or radiation to treat brain tumors. These treatments can damage the hypothalamus ...

Researchers have studied the biological processes that drive depression in adults and have shown a potential role for the kynurenine pathway ... take two routes in the brain: one that produces ...

as the same brain pathway exists in us. “There is therefore a chance that our findings could have implications for the treatment of anxiety disorders and PTSD, where fear responses become ...

The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday ...

Panic disorder is a debilitating condition characterized by sudden and overwhelming bouts of intense fear, often accompanied by physical symptoms such as heart palpitations, hyperventilation, and ...

A recent study mapped the maternal brain from preconception through the crucial two years ... More postpartum, illuminating how the brain reshapes itself during this pivotal life stage.