Medical and public health professionals have gained a more sophisticated understanding of how substance abuse changes the chemistry of the brain as more research is conducted on the science behind ...

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

The cover story of September's National Geographic looks into the science of addiction and its impact on the brain's pathways.

Addiction causes hundreds of changes in brain anatomy, chemistry, and cell-to-cell signaling, including in the gaps between neurons called synapses, which are the molecular machinery for learning.

But no magic pills to quell cravings for fentanyl exist. “Right now, there’s really no good treatment for addiction,” said Hongkui Zeng, director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science.

A new article details the first step in revealing how craving works in the brain. Scientists have now proposed a quantitative model for drug addiction research. The model focuses on craving: the ...

Erickson enlightens readers on many topics related to the neuroscience of addiction; there are chapters focusing on the basics of brain science, on the anatomy, genetics, neurobiology and ...

Drug addiction, spanning from alcohol and marijuana to cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin shows surprisingly similar effects in the addicted brain, according to a new review ...

The network includes five primary areas of the brain and could inform future clinical treatments for drug addiction.

New research is contributing to a better understanding of the ways opiate-class drugs modify brain circuits to drive the addiction cycle. The identification of these opiate-induced changes offers ...

Medical and public health professionals have gained a sophisticated understanding of how substance abuse changes the chemistry of the brain.