Barbiturates are central nervous system depressant drugs that have been used to treat seizures, insomnia, migraines, and more. However, they are not as commonly used today due to their side effects ...

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), discusses her ...

Unsupervised use of hallucinogens like LSD is high, posing significant risks. However, LSD is being clinically tested for treating anxiety and so far seems effective.

Alimetry has raised an oversubscribed US $18m A2 financing round to commercialize its wearable gut health monitoring device, ...

Cannabis use may lead to thinning ... (THC), an active substance in cannabis, causes shrinkage of dendritic arborization — ...

In a small early trial using a transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure, scientists were able to target a key brain ...

Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can ...