Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol.

By targeting a specific area of the brain, researchers at Washington State University may now hold the key to curbing the ...

For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who struggled with substance abuse could stop if they simply wanted to. But ...

The drive to drink for someone with alcohol addiction often transforms from a pursuit of pleasure to a desperate need to escape the profound discomfort of withdrawal. New research has now identified a ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 7, the GPS Parent Series will present “The Craving Mind: Break the Cycle of Worry and Bad Habits to Create ...

Summary: A new five-year study explores how dopamine may drive changes in brain myelin during social isolation. Researchers ...

UCLA's researchers go low-tech to plead their case to the public with poster boards and props. The Trump administration has ...

And nicotine really is addictive. The dopamine it stimulates, particularly in a brain area called the nucleus accumbens, ...

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 ...

Researchers from the Nencki Institute and Max Planck Florida Institute uncovered how proteins BDNF and MMP-9 work together to ...