Is preaddiction real? If so, what is it? Preaddiction proposes that some addiction-related changes emerge before full ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that reinforce repeated use and make quitting extremely difficult. For decades, ...

It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain. It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the brain that ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have completed a massive genetic study that identifies key biological drivers of cocaine addiction, uncovering a potential new target for ...

Christian Luscher, a neuroscientist at the University of Geneva, presenting on addiction at the Allen Institute. (Allen Insitute Photo / Erik Dinnel) Christian Luscher has spent years trying to figure ...

New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia, ...

People with substance use disorder—whether addicted to alcohol, cocaine, heroin, or nicotine—share a strikingly similar pattern of abnormal brain connections, particularly within the brain’s reward ...

GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may reduce alcohol intake and other addictive behaviours as well as appetite. Researchers think the lateral septum, a brain region involved in reward and memory, ...

GLP-1 drugs show promise for more than weight loss. They also cut substance abuse and are changing how we think about the ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Internet addiction is a growing issue in a world where everybody has a computer in their pocket, and it's affecting teenagers. Compulsive internet usage has been on the rise in recent ...