Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganise itself by forming new neural connections or by changing and improving the existing ones. Before the concept of neuroplasticity was pioneered, it ...

How do psychedelics help people heal from depression, anxiety, addiction, and other mental health challenges? While much attention has been paid to neurochemical mechanisms, a simple ski analogy — ...

Because unpleasant withdrawal symptoms fuel nicotine addiction's high relapse rate, targeting their underlying mechanisms with treatments may promote continued abstinence from the drug. In a new ...

Scientists reveal how creatine could do more than build muscle, fueling brain resilience, enhancing mood, and supporting cognitive performance through exercise-driven biochemical pathways. Study: ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...