The brain plays a leading role in addiction, just as it plays a role in all human behavior. The choice to try a drug is a decision that that is centered in the executive portion of the brain ...

Music can act like a sweet, sweet drug on our brains There's a good chance you've experienced the sensation of a thrill running down your spine when you listen to your favorite song. Listening to your ...

Narrator: This is the map of a typical human brain ... so it's in the same category as drugs like LSD and works in the brain in basically the same way. Narrator: When you take psilocybin, your ...

Research on the biological basis of addiction has found that the critical epigenetic enzyme histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) limits the expression of the gene Scn4b, regulating neuronal activity and ...

The brain on drugs Drugs elevate CREB activity in the nucleus accumbens by activating cyclic AMP pathway, causing protein kinase A to translocate to the nucleus and phosphorylate CREB. Target genes ...

Alcohol, recreational drugs, over-the-counter, and prescription medications may cause a range of cognitive impairments from confusion to delirium, and may even mimic dementia. Moderate to high ...

It makes sense then that a drug that modulates the appetite will influence the brain. But it turns out that semaglutide also plugs into physiological processes that are far removed from metabolism.