Listening to a favorite song can trigger a profound emotional response that rivals the feelings produced by biological ...

Scientists have visualized for the first time how opioids such as loperamide and the antidote naloxone engage a key brain ...

Researchers used emergent MRI technology to understand the impact of prenatal opioid exposure on early brain development and the neural mechanism behind current medications. “Choose life. Choose a job ...

Scientists have discovered that the body can naturally dull pain through its own localized “benzodiazepine-like” peptides. A groundbreaking study led by a University of Leeds scientist has unveiled ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 16 (April 19, 2022), pp. 1-10 (10 pages) Allosteric modulators of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) ...

July 11 (UPI) --While scientists have long noted a complex connection between a person's addiction to opiates, or "opioid use disorder," and chronic pain, the brain mechanisms linking the two have ...

INDIANAPOLIS, March 28, 2023 — There’s been a recent push in the U.S. to make naloxone — a fast-acting opioid antidote — available without a prescription. This medication has saved lives, but it’s ...

A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle ...

A federal bankruptcy court judge Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma's latest deal to settle thousands ...