Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive drive to take a drug despite serious adverse consequences. This aberrant behaviour has traditionally been viewed as bad 'choices' that are made voluntarily ...

Glutamate helps mediate the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse and speeds the hard-wiring of substance response into the brain. How does addiction hijack the brain? Created with Sketch.

Addiction is possible ... Until recently, the most serious effects of drug-induced brain changes were thought to be ...

Glutamate helps mediate the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse and speeds the hard-wiring of substance response into the brain. How does addiction hijack the brain? Created with Sketch.

These treatments could potentially target important signaling pathways linked to addiction, altering how brain circuits ...

and neuroscientists are working overtime to discover exactly how these drugs affect the brain. “It is a hot topic,” says Kevin Williams, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at the University of Texas ...

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have discovered that an FDA-approved drug, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), ...

The very act of reading this sentence will (very) subtly alter your brain chemistry. However, drugs of abuse such as cocaine ... that long-term drug use affects memory. More than 200 studies ...

We often think of smoking and drinking when it comes to addiction ... brain’s dopamine-based reward system works and how different drugs hijack this system. As we learn more about how food ...

Those who grew up when Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) pamphlets were common in the school counselor's office are ...

The high is quick, but the consequences of this drug are long-term. The inhalant nitrous oxide, commonly known as whippets, ...

Jan. 13, 2025 — A new study found no changes in opioid outcomes among the general population with the states' passage of medical and recreational marijuana laws. However, the findings also show ...