Scientists identify the protein DeltaFosB as the "master switch" that rewires the brain's memory and reward circuits, driving chronic cocaine addiction and relapse.

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Researchers have used mouse models to study how cocaine addiction alters the brain, illuminating why relapse is common as ...

The brain does not have the ability to rewire itself—such as following a loss of sight, an amputation, or a stroke—as is commonly claimed, scientists have said. The notion that the brain can repurpose ...

Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice, revealing how the drug could be breaking loops of depressive thinking. "Rumination is ...

Everyday sounds add to the torment of a person with chronic back pain, apparently because pain rewires how the brain responds ...

Scientists discover that sickle cell disease forces the brain to recruit extra "attention backup" to maintain normal cognitive function.

If you think that you have a “small bladder,” your habits might be the culprit. Peeing frequently can rewire your brain into thinking you have a small bladder.

If the award-winning 1967 movie The Graduate were remade today, the film’s memorable word would need to switch from "plastics" to "plasticity," to mark the present as well as the future.

A Science-Based Plan to Rewire Your Child’s Brain and Take Back Your Family in the Age of Screens and Ultraprocessed Foods.