For most people, the first drink or two of alcohol produces a pleasant buzz. The sensation is caused by the feel-good chemical dopamine flooding the brain’s reward system. But for some, drinking loses ...
A University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign research team studied rats to understand how brain structure and behavior can change after combined consumption of cannabis and alcohol. The findings ...
From left, Linyuan Shi, Joshua Gulley, Lauren Carrica, and Nu-Chu Liang showed that the combined use of alcohol and THC can affect rat brains more than either drug alone. The increased legalization of ...