What happens in addiction is that, through completely natural processes involved in all learning, the brain prunes nerve pathways of attention and motivation to preferentially notice, focus on ...

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has discovered a surprising new mechanism in the brain that ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and the National Institute on Drug Abuse have developed a new ...

Learning about addiction and the brain can help loved ones.

Recent research has also implicated several other brain areas in addiction processes including broad regions of the prefrontal cortex, the hippocampus, and the amygdala, among several others.

A radical experiment uses focused ultrasound waves to reset cells inside the brain’s reward center to combat cravings.

A new brain imaging study suggests that people who report symptoms of addiction to short-form video platforms—such as TikTok or Instagram Reels—may be less sensitive to financial losses and ...

Yale neuroscientist Vaughn R. Steele is spending the summer testing whether a treatment known as transcranial magnetic stimulation can help people with alcohol and opioid addiction.

For decades, medical science has classified addiction as a chronic brain disease, but the concept has always been something of a hard sell to a skeptical public.

In her book, she says recovery from addiction requires a radical reset that should often include a “dopamine fast” — basically, avoiding pleasures to help rebalance the brain.

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has discovered a surprising new mechanism in the brain that ...