Perhaps an even more surefire way to land on the far side of that threshold is to tell them about your trip on one of the most bizarre, powerful, and under-studied psychedelic drugs: DMT, or, if you ...

Researchers created the most detailed map of the brain's functional networks using data from people watching movies, including "Inception," "Home Alone" and "Erin Brokovich." ...

A groundbreaking 2013 study conducted on rats revealed that within 30 seconds after cardiac arrest, there was a significant ...

The Imperial College London researchers concluded the near-death or "complex subjective" experiences had been caused by physical changes in the brain. They now hope DMT can help them better ...

The Color of ThoughtThe brain’s many regions are connected by some 100,000 miles of fibers called white matter—enough to circle the Earth four times. Images like this, taken at the Martinos ...

Scientists studying DMT, a psychoactive chemical that can induce near-death experiences, say brain images helped them glean new insights into how the drug works by making brain activity more ...

In two recent studies, his team has teased out distinct brain regions and mechanisms involved in our ability to pay attention. Such insights can help scientists better understand and treat ...

What Is a Brain Tumor? A brain tumor (also called an intracranial tumor) is a cluster of abnormal cells that grows in or around your brain. There are over a hundred types of tumors that develop in ...

Cannabis users showed altered connectivity patterns between brain regions associated with the salience network and central executive network, among others. Specific structural changes were also noted.

These devices could serve as valuable tools for biomedical research and may have potential for clinical applications in the ...

Nitrous inactivates B12 in the body, which coupled with long-term use can lead to nerve damage across the brain and spine ...