Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol.

The drive to drink for someone with alcohol addiction often transforms from a pursuit of pleasure to a desperate need to ...

Alcohol and other drugs can overpower the reward pathways of the brain. Simona Dumitru/Moment via Getty Images Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as ...

Summary: A new five-year study explores how dopamine may drive changes in brain myelin during social isolation. Researchers ...

Scientists have found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids. Our brains, even in adulthood, continually adapt to what ...

Scientists from the Nencki Institute and the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have revealed a key mechanism in how our brains change when we learn new information or form memories. A new ...

Mount Sinai researchers, in collaboration with scientists at The Rockefeller University, have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that allows cocaine and morphine to take over natural reward processing ...

“I don’t understand why he just can’t stop abusing alcohol.” Turns out that addiction is a whole lot more complicated than just saying “no.” Although the stigma of addiction as a moral failing ...

When we recall something familiar or explore a new situation, the brain does not always use the same communication routes.

Research indicates that discussions, debates, and studies in the 19th and 20th centuries explored personal agency and ...

Smoking begins with unpleasant effects for first-time users like coughing, nausea, and dizziness, but repeated use leads to nicotine dependence ...

Researchers from the Nencki Institute and Max Planck Florida Institute uncovered how proteins BDNF and MMP-9 work together to ...