Now, research in fruit flies has identified specific brain signals and groups of brain cells that are involved in ...

Reducing acetylcholine signaling within this small set of brain cells again made flies more sensitive to low doses of alcohol, taking longer to fall asleep and waking up more often. The neurons ...

Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that brain immune cells from people with a high genetic risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD) behave differently than cells from low-risk people when exposed ...

The study could lead to more personalized AUD treatments. Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that brain immune cells from people with a high genetic risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD) behave ...

Increasingly, reports like these conclude there is no safe level of drinking. Even moderate consumption—no more than one alcoholic beverage per day for women, and no more than two per day for ...

A recent study by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital takes a closer look at this debate. Their research suggests ...

(Photo Credit: Generative AI by Getty Images) Alcohol has what doctors call a depressive effect on your system. It slows down your brain function and changes the way your nerves send messages back ...

She earned her PhD in biomedical sciences from Rush University by studying how circadian rhythms and alcohol affect the gut ... researchers profiled millions of cells to chart a cellular map of a ...