People with a diagnosed cocaine use disorder may fall into three distinct behavioral and neurological subtypes, a discovery ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University identified dopamine-driven neural mechanisms of motivation in a mouse model of behavioral addiction, offering insights into treatment. Assistant Professor Naoya ...

While most prior studies have focused on brain-centric models of reward, some work has shown that gut-vagal signals have an effect on food-driven dopamine activity and eating behaviors. Yet it was ...

At an engaging forum not far from the Capitol, patients, researchers, health care providers and policy makers met to ...

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Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of ...

Addiction experts, endocrinologists, psychologists, and neuroscientists each held part of the answer. Together, they revealed ...