The anti-seizure drug is used to treat epilepsy, nerve pain after shingles and restless legs syndrome by affecting chemical messengers in the brain and nerves.

What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain ...

For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...

ChatGPT and other AI helpers are phenomenal accelerators, but, like performance-enhancing drugs, they carry hidden costs.

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Dopamine is the brain’s way of patting us on the back for a job well done when we score a goal, get an ‘A’, or cross the ...

The exact numbers depended on the type of medication patients took, but the risk of developing Alzheimer’s was up to 70 ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising sugar-related mechanism inside brain cells that could transform how we fight Alzheimer’s and other dementias. It turns out neurons don’t just store sugar for ...

A small, early-stage study published in the journal Headache suggested a diabetes drug may ease migraines by lowering ...

Remarkable new findings about the sugar stores in neurons have unlocked an entire new method of treating Alzheimer's disease ...

We now know that chronic substance use—of both alcohol and drugs—actually changes the chemistry and structure of the brain. That sounds serious, and it is, but there are some positives and ...

Microplastics research faces standardization challenges as viral headlines about "plastic in your brain" overshadow ...