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 ...

A new doctoral dissertation from the University of Turku shows that gambling disorder is rooted in specific brain networks ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “This study is extremely helpful because it begins to outline the brain changes that are seen in teenagers who start to use drugs ...

Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms. Meth ...

A researcher at UB's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) has found a change in the brain that occurs after drug use and that may contribute to drug addiction. The finding, reported in the January ...

Participants in a deep brain stimulation trial for drug addiction say the implants triggered compulsive behavior that upended ...

A new study from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity suggests that a chocolate milkshake and a line of cocaine might not be so different. The study, published Monday in the Archives of ...

Drug-laced vape liquids can alter perception within seconds, with fast-acting substances such as etomidate driving rapid ...

Addiction is a disease that affects millions of Americans. It is extremely widespread, with an estimated 8 percent to 10 percent of individuals in the United States 12 years of age or older (between ...

Is Häagen-Dazs ice cream as addictive as heroin? Or, put another way, is heroin as addictive as Häagen-Dazs? Depending on how you phrase the question, you’re either asking whether heroin addiction is ...