Sloppy by today’s standards, and maybe even back when it was published in 1955, Henry Beecher’s paper paved the way for sounder drug trials and pushed scientists to better understand how we process pain.

Neural circuits link several brain regions together — shaping our behaviors, actions, thoughts, and emotions. Habits are formed when certain circuits are repeatedly activated and strengthened.

Chemotherapy can kill cancer cells. But it can also change your brain, too.

Disruptions to children’s and teen’s social environments from the COVID-19 pandemic had varying levels of disruptive effects on their brain development.

Treatment with drugs such as buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone is deemed the gold standard for youth with opioid addictions. Why isn’t it used more often?

Artificial intelligence systems can help inform the development of new techniques for more nuanced treatments.

Stem cells — replicating unspecialized cells found in certain bodily tissues — can develop into various cell types, making them useful tools for transplantation in clinical and research settings.

Ever wonder why a certain smell strikes a chord of nostalgia? Research suggests it has to do with the unique way our sense of smell is processed in the brain.

Prolonged attention to internet content can lead to repetitive behaviors, overstimulate our brains, and reward us in ways similar to other forms of addiction.

Our capacity for empathy has evolutionary roots. The theory of embodied simulation proposes empathic mirrored responses are triggered by witnessing another’s behavior or emotions.