The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, which produced the iconic “this is your brain on drugs” commercials of the 1980s and ‘90s, has renamed itself as the Partnership at Drugfree.org, the ...
Editor: I remember back a few decades when the frying egg commercial was on TV to discourage people from frying their brains on drugs. “This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs.” We were led to ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Charity Behind ‘Brain on Drugs’ Ad Adopts New Name
Rachael Leigh Cook is sharing more about the iconic 1990s “This Is Your Brain on Drugs” advertisement that skyrocketed her career. Cook, now 46, starred in the 1997 ad as an 18-year-old. In it, she ...
The New York Times: Could At-Home Brain Stimulation Reduce Psychiatry’s Reliance on S.S.R.I.s?
A headset recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration uses a weak electric current to shock the brain. Some researchers hope it could challenge the current pill-centric paradigm.
The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. It consists of nervous tissue and is typically located in the head (cephalization), usually near organs for special senses such as vision, hearing, and olfaction. Being the most specialized organ, it is responsible for receiving information from the sensory nervous system ...
The brain is an important organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, respiration, and every process that regulates your body.
Learn about the parts of the brain and their functions. Get a diagram of human brain anatomy and key facts about this important organ.