University of Florida neuroscientists showed methamphetamine triggered a feedback loop between dopamine and the inflammatory protein TNF in mouse brains.

July 29, 2011 — Abuse of methamphetamine or other amphetamine-type drugs (meth/amphetamine) significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD), new research suggests. In a new ...

Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it ...

Meth is a problem most everywhere, but particularly in Indian Country. In one small town on the Crow Indian Reservation in ...

Once considered a regional problem, methamphetamine-related overdose deaths have risen across every U.S. Census division, ...

The pressing issue of methamphetamine addiction — especially within Florida’s LGBTQ+ community — has largely been overlooked. Florida is among the five states with the most meth users according to ...

Crystal methamphetamine is a synthetic stimulant that is easy and fairly inexpensive to manufacture. The ingredients are readily attainable over-the-counter products such as ephedrine and drain ...

A new study published in the journal Science Signaling has found that an immune system protein plays a central role in the ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A recent documentary on "Vice News" highlighted the methamphetamine addiction problems among Fresno's homeless. A homeless woman Action News talked with named Katherine told ...

In 1996, my husband and I bought what we thought was our ticket to the classic American dream. After returning to the United States following two years of missionary work in Africa, we purchased a new ...

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to ...

Bernard Groves has spent five years trying to quit methamphetamine. He lost his job. He lost his car. He nearly lost his apartment. Worse than that, he says, his addiction has hurt his family. “I went ...