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This shows the 3d structure of nicotine.

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·September 9, 2015·6 min read

Shedding Light on Earliest Stages of Nicotine Addiction with ‘Never Smokers’

A new study could help identify those most vulnerable to nicotine and help find new ways to prevent or treat addiction.

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·August 28, 2015·4 min read

Predicting Response to Antipsychotic Medications with Neuroimaging

According to researchers, fMRI brain scans may be used to predict a patient's responsiveness to antipsychotic medications.

This image is a diffusion MRI tractography of the brain's white matter.

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·September 26, 2013·3 min read

Lithium in the Brain

According to new research, higher accumulation of Lithium occurs in the brain's white matter.

This is an image of a mouse hippocampus.

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·September 13, 2013·4 min read

Researchers Pinpoint Molecular Path that Makes Antidepressants Act Quicker in Mouse Model

Researchers identify a molecular pathway which accelerates the time taken for antidepressants to work in mouse models.

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·February 18, 2013·2 min read

Memory Appears Susceptible to Eradication of Fear Responses

Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory according to a new study.

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·September 7, 2012·2 min read

Strategy Developed to Improve Delivery of Medicines to the Brain

The experimental treatment method allows small therapeutic agents to safely cross the blood-brain barrier in laboratory rats by turning off P-glycoprotein, one of the main gatekeepers preventing medicinal drugs from reaching their intended targets in the brain.