Drug abuse is one of the nation's most serious health problems. About 9 percent of Americans, more than 22 million people, abuse drugs on a regular basis. Drug abuse, including alcohol and nicotine, is estimated to cost the U.S. more than $600 billion each year.

Opioids are substances that bind to opioid receptors in the brain to relieve pain.

Scientists are finding evidence that neuroinflammation can alter mood and cognition, perhaps enough to help cause psychiatric disorders.

Maryann Martone has spent much of her career pushing for neuroscience data to be more open and useful for scientists and, ultimately, anyone interested in neuroscience.

Take a look inside the anatomy of a spiral ganglion neuron.

Access a list of more than 400 neurological disorders from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Summaries give symptom descriptions, treatment options, and prognosis, along with information about ongoing research on causes, diagnosis, and potential therapies. Contact information for related professional and health organizations is also featured.

Whether you create or behold art, the field of neuroarts seeks to measurably understand aesthetics and apply this knowledge to our health, wellbeing, and learning.

Angeline Dukes almost didn't post the tweet that later became the seed for founding a nonprofit organization for Black neuroscientists.

The blood-brain barrier once stopped medication from reaching the brain. Researchers have found their way through.

Seizures common in epilepsy disrupt the neural symphony orchestra performing in your brain. New advances in AI can help reveal novel treatments for the disorder.