As the year draws to a close, we look back on researchers we bid farewell to, and the contributions they made to their respective fields.

Nicotine may alter the brain’s response to cocaine, supporting the idea that the legal drug may serve as a "gateway" to the use of illegal substances.

The antidepressant properties of hallucinogenic drugs may stem from their ability to bind to intracellular serotonin receptors, a study suggests.

Cocaine-using rat fathers pass epigenetic changes on to their sons that make them resistant to coke addiction.

Conversations between the immune and central nervous systems are proving to be essential for the healthy social behavior, learning, and memory.

How a single protein was found to link schizophrenia and depression to drugs of abuse and addiction. 

Though some studies point to negative consequences of pot use in adolescents, data on marijuana’s dangers are mixed.

The FDA has given the green light to the first major new classes of antidepressant therapies in decades, opening up new avenues for therapeutic development.

Date: September 13, 1999Table of Neurochemical Manufacturers The hypothalamus has long been known as a control center for feeding and weight control behaviors. Complex regulatory feedback loops enable this portion of the brain to determine satiety and metabolic activity. Not surprisingly, the control mechanisms are complex and involve different biochemical pathways.1,2,3 Image courtesy of Jeffrey M. Friedman An ob/ob mouse stacking up against its lean counterparts A series of pioneering expe

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