Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Methamphetamine addiction has a way of looping back on itself. A rush of pleasure pulls you in, cravings follow, and the brain learns that the drug is the fastest route to reward. Yet scientists still ...

A new doctoral dissertation shows that gambling disorder is linked to brain networks involved in self-control and brain ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks responsible for creative thinking. The findings indicate that the brains ...

Key Takeaways Evidence-based therapies for alcohol addiction have scientific validation behind them, making them more ...

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

The new method is designed to focus specifically on pain-related signals, without interfering with normal activity in other parts of the brain. A new preclinical study has identified a gene therapy ap ...

A shaky hand, a racing heart, a wave of dread; alcohol withdrawal can feel like your body has turned against you. For many people with alcohol use disorder, those early days without alcohol bring ...