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Continued cocaine use disrupts communication between major brain networks

New research provides new insights into the brain processes underlying cocaine addiction. The findings are crucial for developing new therapeutics and identifying an imaging marker for cocaine use disorders.

Smokers increasingly overestimate vape risk - study

Fewer smokers see vapes as less harmful, despite evidence tobacco is far less healthy, data suggests.

Neurons help flush waste out of brain during sleep

Researchershave found that brain cell activity during sleep is responsible for propelling fluid into, through and out of the brain, cleaning it of debris.

In fight against brain pathogens, the eyes have it

The eyes have been called the window to the brain. It turns out they also serve as an immunological barrier that protects the organ from pathogens and even tumors, researchers have found. In a new study, researchers showed that vaccines injected into the eyes of mice can help disable the herpes virus, a major cause of brain encephalitis. To their surprise, the vaccine activates an immune response through lymphatic vessels along the optic nerve.

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Continued cocaine use disrupts communication between major brain networks

Smokers increasingly overestimate vape risk - study

Neurons help flush waste out of brain during sleep

In fight against brain pathogens, the eyes have it

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