Now, scientists from the University of Warwick have made important progress in learning what causes alcohol addiction in the ...

Dopamine—a neurotransmitter responsible for influencing motivation, pleasure, mood and learning in the brain—has experienced ...

Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters gene expression in key brain regions involved in reward, impulse control, and ...

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health, to discuss addiction as a brain disorder, treatments for ...

Post-mortem brain analysis shows decades of alcohol use significantly alter endocannabinoid gene expression in the prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens. Increased CB1, reduced CB2, altered GPR55 ...

Methamphetamine addiction has a way of looping back on itself. A rush of pleasure pulls you in, cravings follow, and the ...

Mindfulness, holistic care, and neuroscience are reshaping addiction treatment and offering hope for recovery. Mindfulness, holistic care, and neuroscience are reshaping addiction treatment and ...

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and ...

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ageing.

We often view our cravings—whether for drugs, alcohol, food, or approval—as indictments of our character. Yet neuroscience ...