The brain's ability to adapt and form new neural connections allows it to recover from injury and maintain cognitive function into old age. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt and ...
How damage spreads An injury to one brain region rarely stays contained to a single spot. The consequences ripple outward, ...
Years ago, LSD was seen as the evil stepchild of drugs. Today, research indicates LSD may treat anxiety and depression, and ...
The experts at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) are very clear: "Addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease." (Here's the NIDA party line in a bit more detail.) As you can ...
Over the last 20 years an understanding has emerged that the brain is in a state of continual change and adaptation to the environment. Notably, the cellular processes mediating brain adaptation are ...