Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

Naltrexone has long been used to treat alcohol use disorder. Now it’s gaining attention as a tool for people who want to cut ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age 2 showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...

Scientists at UT Dallas and the University of Connecticut receive $1.17 million federal grant to study what makes counseling ...

Brain rot isn’t a scientific term. It has come to refer to content that might be funny nonsense. But it has evolved into a ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

BrainsWay Ltd. BWAY recently announced an expansion of insurance coverage for its Deep TMS therapy in adolescent depression. The update signals growing payer confidence in non-drug neurostimulation ...

A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of ...

Stricter minimum legal drinking age laws in Spain are linked to reduced adolescent alcohol use and better academic outcomes, ...

The secret to its rapid transit is in its chemistry. Ethanol, to give booze its proper name, is a tiny, agile molecule. It ...

For decades, my colleagues and I advanced the premise that early substance use—nicotine, alcohol, or cannabis (or other addicting drugs)—interferes with critical maturation stages, particularly ...

Adolescents often sleep less than recommended and have substantially different sleep patterns on weekdays and weekends. Their mismatch in sleep timing between school and free days, known as social jet ...