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A study comparing the brains of marijuana smokers with non-users reveals even low intake of the drug can result in changes to brain areas involved in emotion and reward processing.

Lower levels of blood sugar may make married people angrier at their spouses and even more likely to lash out aggressively, new research reveals.

Genetically modified neural stem cells show positive results when transplanted into the brains of mice with the symptoms and pathology of Alzheimer’s disease, neurobiologists have found. The pre-clinical trial approach has been shown to work in two dif…

A functional brain imaging technique known as positron emission tomography is a promising tool for determining which severely brain damaged individuals in vegetative states have the potential to recover consciousness, according to new research.

A Congressional report sounds the alarm on marketing of electronic cigarettes, especially efforts made by companies to sell their products to young people.

Becoming a father may raise a young man’s risk of depression, according to a new U.S. study that suggests helping men at this stage could improve the wellbeing of entire families.

Researchers found that young adults who used cannabis just once or twice a week showed significant abnormalities in two important brain structures.

In the first known study of its kind, researchers have shown that the language we learn as children affects brain structure, as does hearing status. ‘What we’ve learned to date about differences in brain anatomy in hearing and deaf populations hasn’t t…

Teenagers who have suffered a traumatic brain injury such as a concussion are at ‘significantly greater odds’ of attempting suicide, being bullied and engaging in a variety of high-risk behaviors, a new study has found. They are also more likely to bec…

The size and shape of two brain regions involved in emotion and motivation may differ in young adults who smoke marijuana at least once a week, according to a new study. The findings suggest that recreational marijuana use may lead to previously uniden…