This perspective also helps reconcile the role of brain changes in addiction. Neuroadaptations still matter: they can ...

Some critics have jumped on this gap to argue, reductively, that addiction is simply about people choosing pleasure: nothing more than "people take drugs because they enjoy it." Both the brain ...

More young workers are growing dependent on AI tools. One found relief by going cold turkey.

Substance use disorders (SUDs) accelerate biological aging in the brain through substance-specific molecular mechanisms.

Researchers at the University of Houston and the University of Cincinnati are using machine learning to create a clearer ...

New research spotlights the habenula, a tiny but powerful brain region, as a key player in addiction, motivation, and emotional regulation.