A recent study published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology provides evidence that using cocaine and alcohol together alters the brain pathways responsible for drug relapse. The research suggests ...

Muscle memory is a powerful tool for enhancing muscle mass gains through improved coordination, recruitment of muscle fibres, ...

Preclinical studies on animals have identified brain pathways that drive quick, protective fear responses to "scary" sounds. Emmanouela Kosteletou-Kassotaki and colleagues, from the University of ...

Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on long-distance connections that link specialized areas into coordinated ...

In recent years scientists have identified hundreds of different genes associated with autism, a burst of discovery that has prompted a new and perplexing question: how can so many different genes ...

Implications for Diabetes Treatment and Brain Health Although most diabetes medications do not target the brain, this research shows that metformin has been influencing brain pathways all along.