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Cocaine: is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug. It is commonly snorted, smoked, or dissolved and injected. Mental effects may include loss of contact with reality, an intense feeling of happiness, or agitation.
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LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 10, 2016Neuroscience
LA JOLLA, CA – August 10, 2016 – A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), funde ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)MAR 31, 2016Videos
Synthetic drugs are those created with man-made chemicals that mimic responses from natural compounds. On the market, th ...FEB 04, 2016Neuroscience
Everyone has seen the ad from the 80’s with a frying pan and an egg, “This is your brain on drugs” and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 20, 2016Neuroscience
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Recently a woman covered in blood ran naked down the streets of Melbourne, Orlando. She ran towards the police screaming ...Written By: Kareem HeslopAPR 09, 2015Neuroscience
A new study by UNC researchers, based on MRI brain scans of 152 infants, found disruptions in functional connectivity wi ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2018
Plants & Animals
Loggerhead sea turtles often return to the same beaches they were born at (give or take a 50-mile margin of error) follo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Sea turtles use their flippers to swim around as they peruse the marine environment. On the other hand, new research pub
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Current tests for new “designer drugs” like fentanyl and synthetic cannabinoids are incompatible with emerge
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2018
Cancer
Nicotine, a stimulant in tobacco, has been found to be as addictive as many "hard" and illegal drugs like cocaine, heroi
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Successful reproduction of any animal species entails a delicate balance of males and females. Unfortunately, a new stud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have known for many years that mitochondria in the neurons of the brain are linked to brain disorders such as
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2017
Videos
It's sad enough when sea animals become entangled in our trash after it finds its way into the ocean, but a United State
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 14, 2017
Neuroscience
Can alcohol be a gateway drug? Well, according to a new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public he
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 10, 2017
Neuroscience
Addiction, whether to drugs or alcohol, has its roots in the brain. Brain chemistry and activity is significantly altere
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 03, 2017
Videos
Neuroplasticity refers to the idea that your brain changes its structure based on what you do in your life. Although thi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare cluster of 14 cases of severe amnesia in Massachusetts has doctors and CDC officials worried and on the hunt for
...
FEB 01, 2017
Neuroscience
LA JOLLA, CA — February 1, 2017 — Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that deep b
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 31, 2016
Neuroscience
While caffeine is a stimulant and alcohol is a CNS depressant, when the two substances are combined, they don’t ca
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 03, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The extensive natural resources of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Northern Colombia have been plumaged from years o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2016
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, the study of why people suffer with depression and/or anxiety is one that is the subject o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 20, 2016
Videos
About two years ago, a friend told me she was going on an ayahuasca retreat in Peru. She mentioned frog venom, shamans,
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 10, 2016
Neuroscience
LA JOLLA, CA – August 10, 2016 – A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), funde
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
MAR 31, 2016
Videos
Synthetic drugs are those created with man-made chemicals that mimic responses from natural compounds. On the market, th
...
FEB 04, 2016
Neuroscience
Everyone has seen the ad from the 80’s with a frying pan and an egg, “This is your brain on drugs” and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 20, 2016
Neuroscience
The brain is pretty much the body’s supercomputer. While the heart keeps blood pumping, the lungs keep air flowing
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant with natural origins. Once addicted to the drug, few users are able to quit succe
...
MAY 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
Recently a woman covered in blood ran naked down the streets of Melbourne, Orlando. She ran towards the police screaming
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
APR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study by UNC researchers, based on MRI brain scans of 152 infants, found disruptions in functional connectivity wi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider