Drug Archives - Knowing Neurons

Sean Noah December 23, 2021January 13, 2022 Drug, Drug policy, Pharmacology, Psychedelics, Research

Psychedelic Journal Club: How Do Psychedelics Work?

A commentary on the article “REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics” by Robin Carhart-Harris and Karl Friston, published in Pharmacological Reviews.… Read More

Big Ideas Brain Basics Did You Know?Mental Health Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Elizabeth Burnette January 3, 2021November 11, 2023 Bias, Classical Conditioning, Drug, negative symptoms, Placebo effect, Treatment

The Nocebo Effect

Most of us have heard of the placebo effect – the phenomenon in which patients experience improvements in health simply due to their belief in the efficacy of a medical… Read More

A cartoon image of a sun in the sky with golden rays extending outwards, with cannabis leaves on either side of the sun. Illustrated by McCall Sarrett.

Culture Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Grace Browne April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 Amygdala, Anxiety, Anxiolytic, Autism, Cannabidiol, Cannabis, CBD, Cingulate Cortex, DEA, dementia, Dextromethorphan, Drug, EFSA, Epilepsy, FDA, fMRI, Marijuana, Neurotransmitters, Paranoia, Phytocannabinoids, Psychology, serotonin, Society, THC

Does Cannabidiol (CBD) Actually Help Anxiety?

Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating compound of the Cannabis plant, has exploded in popularity in recent times, touted as a medical “cure-all”. Retailers promise their products will heal cancer, stop dementia… Read More

Neuro News Movement

knowingneurons April 13, 2016March 5, 2017 2016, Aggregates, Block, Bradykinesia, Brain, Cell, Cell death, Chaperone, Clusters, Disease, Disorder, Dopamine, Drug, Exercise, Inhibit, Lester, Misfolded, Movement, Neuroscience, News, Nicotine, Nigrostriatal pathway, Parkinson's Disease, PD, Protection, Protein, Protein folding, Reward pathway, Smoking, Smoking-Relevant Nicotine Concentration Attenuates the Unfolded Protein Response in Dopaminergic Neurons, Srinivasan, Tunycamycin

The Strange Relationship between Nicotine and Parkinson’s Disease

According to the World Health Organization, smoking is responsible for approximately 6 million deaths in the world every year or one fatality every six seconds. 71% of all lung cancers… Read More

52 Brain Facts

knowingneurons October 12, 2015 52 Brain Facts, BBB, Blood-brain barrier, Bouncer, Drug

Myth or Fact? The brain is impenetrable to many important drugs.

Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sleep

Kate Fehlhaber April 22, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, Alzheimer's, Amino acid, BBB, Blood-brain barrier, Crystallography, Disease, Drug, Huntington's, KMO, Metabolism, Nature, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative disease, Sleep, Structural basis of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase inhibition, Target, Therapy, Tryptophan, UPF648

From Turkey Comas To New Disease Treatments

Neurodegenerative disorders, like Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s disease, are devastating. As you can imagine, witnessing the slow and progressive loss of a loved one’s mental and emotional states is an extremely… Read More

Brain Basics Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Popular Articles Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber October 31, 2012March 5, 2017 Addiction, Brain, Dopamine, Drug, Neuroscience, Reward

The Reward Pathway Reinforces Behavior

If you think about it, most of our daily lives revolve around food: when our next meal will be, what it will be, and how yummy it will be! Evolutionarily,… Read More