Sept. 10 -- WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have found that nicotine, the addictive component in cigarettes, "tricks" the brain into creating memory associations between ...

Why do some drugs reinforce consumption behavior while inducing anxiety? In an article published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists highlight a surprising mechanism that helps explain ...

One day, long ago, a tobacco plant discovered humans and it has never relinquished its control over our brain. During the intervening millennia, we humans have tried to find novel uses for this plant ...

The mechanisms by which nicotine consumption during adolescence increases the risk of addiction in adulthood remain mysterious. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, scientists reveal ...

Research on young mice and rats shows how nicotine hijacks brain systems involved in learning, memory, impulse control and addiction. How Vaping Nicotine Can Affect A Teenage Brain The link between ...

Nicotine builds up gradually in smokers' brains rather than spiking after each puff, according to a study that might help point to new ways to help people quit smoking. Dr. Jed E. Rose of Duke ...

Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have discovered that nicotine promotes the spread of lung cancer cells into the brain, where they can form deadly metastatic tumors. The study, which will ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Prenatal exposure to nicotine inflicts lasting damage that might leave the brain vulnerable to further injury and addiction upon later use of the drug, according to animal research ...

Childhood trauma-related emotion dysregulation may partly explain why some long-term smokers are unable to give up nicotine, a cross-sectional study suggested. Using 16-minute resting-state functional ...

Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have discovered that nicotine promotes the spread of lung cancer cells into the brain, where they can form deadly metastatic tumors. The study, which will ...