A new study shows how dysfunctional packaging of the neurotransmitter dopamine triggers toxic processes in neurons—and how ...

The dominant narrative frames doomscrolling as a dopamine addiction or a willpower failure. Behavioral science suggests something more honest: your brain is seeking low-stakes unpredictability because ...

Astrocytes use the MEGF10 receptor to prune synapses in the striatum, a process essential for dopamine-driven motor learning.

Researchers from Harvard, Duke, and the University of Michigan argue that some ultra-processed foods are engineered much like ...

Forget everything you knew about practice making perfect. New research shows your brain is actually wired to learn faster ...

Tinder, Bumble, Hinge. Swipe left, swipe right, slide into the DMs. That’s what dating apps are all about. Anyone who uses a dating app is in pursuit of love, connection and meaningful relationships, ...

In this raw, honest conversation, we sit down with Thomas Wilkinson from NeuroNova to unpack the hidden dangers of benzodiazepines, Adderall, and dopamine-depleting addiction cycles—and explore a ...

Mary started drinking regularly in the early nineties, when she was thirteen. Her father had recently married a Danish woman and moved the family to Denmark, which has one of the highest teen-drinking ...

I applaud President Donald Trump’s Jan. 29 executive order known as the Great American Recovery Initiative, but I think it should be renamed the Bill W. and Dr. Bob Initiative, after the founders of ...

Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medical Association, and ...