Addiction has causes that are neurobiological, psychological and structural. Treating these drivers is as important as managing the initial withdrawal. Medically managed withdrawal does not restore ...
Researchers have discovered that drugs like Ozempic for diabetes and obesity also improve alcohol use disorders and other ...
In 1997, Alan Leshner, then director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, wrote an article entitled “Addiction Is a Brain Disease and It Matters.” That eight-word title became the perfect sound ...
Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters gene expression in key brain regions involved in reward, impulse control, and ...
Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...
Dr Shalini Naik, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, says that reel addiction is real, as they have observed in their interactions with school students as part of a project that Dr ...
An international research team led by the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) has shown that the cerebellum, contrary to what was thought, fulfils functions that go beyond the motor sphere and can be ...
Scientists have recreated morphine-like pain relief in mice with a targeted therapy that avoids addiction-linked brain ...
A new doctoral dissertation from the University of Turku shows that gambling disorder is rooted in specific brain networks responsible for reward and self-control. The research indicates that people ...