CHAPEL HILL, N.C., September 23, 2022 – While illegal for recreational use, psychedelic drugs are showing great promise as treatments for severe depression and anxiety, as well as alcohol addiction ...

Whether you drink alcohol regularly or save it for special celebrations, it is a common element in many people’s lives. Researchers found the earliest trace of alcohol residue in pottery from ...

Scientists have worked out why common anti-depressants cause around a half of users to feel emotionally 'blunted'. In a study published today, they show that the drugs affect reinforcement learning, ...

A research team from UNC-Chapel Hill, UC San Francisco, Yale, Duke, and Stanford developed a new compound that hits the same brain cell target as psychedelic drugs, triggering long-lasting ...

New research in animal models show it's possible to create a compound that hits the same exact target as psychedelic drugs hit -- the 5-HT2A serotonin receptors on the surface of specific neurons -- ...