Everyday sounds add to the torment of a person with chronic back pain, apparently because pain rewires how the brain responds ...

When a cocaine addict relapses, it isn't a matter of personal failure—it's the biological result of their brain's rewiring, ...

Scientists identify the protein DeltaFosB as the "master switch" that rewires the brain's memory and reward circuits, driving chronic cocaine addiction and relapse.

Researchers found that psilocybin and MDMA may alleviate PTSD symptoms by promoting myelin remodeling in the brain. In rat models, psychedelic treatment triggered oligodendrocyte-driven myelin repair ...

Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice, revealing how the drug could be breaking loops of depressive thinking. "Rumination is ...

Can brain training “rewire” the brain to prevent dementia? What about repair the brain following an injury? Or turn back the ...

Whether you realize it or not, the negative experiences you have lived through often influence your decisions. Your brain learns from difficult situations and painful memories, and these experiences ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A representative MRI tractography image of the first era of the human brain. The image is representative of the general pattern ...

Research shows that just five days of sugary, fatty snacks can alter brain insulin responses, hinting that junk food can rewire the brain before visible weight gain.

You’ve likely heard that the brain isn’t fully developed until someone’s around 26 years old. But did you know that the brain rewires itself throughout the lifetime? University of Cambridge ...