Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that ...

New research shows that astrocytes play an active role in nicotine-induced brain changes, challenging the long-held ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent global health challenges, yet the cellular mechanisms underlying it are less explored. Now, researchers have discovered that astrocytes, glial ...

A new study shows that abstinent smokers experience heightened pain sensitivity linked to altered activity in specific brain ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a recent study published in Nature Mental Health, researchers investigate whether nicotine-related beliefs may influence brain processes in a dose-dependent manner similar to pharmaceutical effects ...

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 ...

Unlike NRT, nicotine pouches are classed as consumer products, so are not regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare products ...