Abstinent smokers experience increased pain sensitivity during withdrawal, to the point that they often require more pain ...

"This is your brain on drugs," the old anti-drug admonition says, and now a new study has found there's something to that chestnut. Opioid addicts experienced structural and functional changes in ...

Brain volume and function are altered in individuals with opioid use disorder, a new Yale study finds. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI), researchers observed the ...

A new study shows that abstinent smokers experience heightened pain sensitivity linked to altered activity in specific brain regions.

A new study published in Nature Medicine provides more evidence that ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects may be partially dependent on the brain’s opioid system. The researchers found that ...

Tensor-based morphometry (TBM) analysis of T1-weighted MRI scans shows a comparison of brain volumes in participants with opioid use disorder (OUD) and healthy control participants. Widespread volume ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid receptors. What they didn't know—until now—was exactly what happens next. A ...

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the most important drugs in the United States' fight against the opioid crisis. It reverses an opioid overdose nearly instantly, restarting ...

Antenatal opioid exposure was associated with smaller brain volumes in newborns. Among 173 newborns with antenatal opioid exposure and 96 without such exposure, the exposed group had significantly ...

Feeling good doesn't just lift our mood—it also helps us stay flexible and resilient. A new study by an international team of neuroscientists shows that natural brain opioids released after rewards ...

The last time singer, songwriter and activist Melissa Etheridge heard her son’s voice, he said, “I’m sick. Mom, it’s fentanyl.” According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, there were ...

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