Articles about 'Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute (BCNI)'

Research shows chronic users’ brains age dramatically faster than their non-drug using peers.

Scientists have created a simple new model of the human brain which reproduces the statistics of its complex network organization.

Research provides insight into why some individuals with a family history of drug abuse are at higher risk of addiction.

Medicines which increase levels of the brain chemical dopamine may hold the key to helping those addicted to cocaine and amphetamines kick the habit, researchers from the University of Cambridge have found.

A new study of the brain explains why some of us are better than others at remembering what really happened.

Research provides new insight into why some individuals may be more aggressive than others.

Launch of first ever rapid, objectively-scored GP assessment to differentiate between patients with memory loss due to the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease and normal memory loss caused by ageing.

Research gives insight into why some people develop addiction.

Study shows that compulsions lead to obsessions, and not the other way around.

Drug abuse is probably linked to an in-built tendency to act without thinking, as shown by studies of siblings of chronic stimulant users, a leading neuroscientist will claim this week.