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

The roots of addiction risk may lie in how young brains function long before substance use begins, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine. The investigators found that children with a ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University identified dopamine-driven neural mechanisms of motivation in a mouse model of behavioral addiction, offering insights into treatment. Assistant Professor Naoya ...

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

Ramirez is an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University. When philosophers imagined the ship of Theseus, they asked: Can a vessel that has all its planks replaced ...

Many people who struggle with alcohol do not think of themselves as addicted. They often picture addiction as something that happens to other people, i.e., to those who drink daily, wake up trembling, ...

To explore these neural differences, the researchers used a computational approach called “network control theory” to measure how the brain transitions between different patterns of activity during ...