Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behaviour and tendencies, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published in ...

The authors propose an interactive, iterative process termed the 'Rosetta Stone approach' for the development of new pharmacotherapies to treat addiction, whereby existing medications are used to ...

Melyssa Minto (left) is an omics researcher and bioinformatics scientist at RTI International (NC, USA), where she uses multiomic data to understand how the central dogma of biology – the way genetic ...

The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a chronic disease affecting brain reward, motivation, and memory systems, creating compulsive cravings for substances or behaviors that ...

Dopamine is a fascinating neurotransmitter responsible for allowing people to feel pleasure, satisfaction, and motivation. However, this neurotransmitter often takes center stage in discussions about ...

Approximately 10 million people in Germany are addicted to either alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs or illegal drugs. A small percentage manage to overcome their addiction without any outside help.

Permanent drug seeking and relapse after renewed drug administration are typical behavioral patterns of addiction. Molecular changes at the connection points in the brain's reward center are directly ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The greater the overuse of smartphones, the greater the risk for severe psychopathologies in adolescents, new research suggests. The study of nearly 200 adolescents in Korea showed ...

A new study by an international team of researchers has shed light on how cocaine addiction develops. The new study from the Institute of Mental Health (ZI) in Mannheim, the German Cancer Research ...

The somatic marker theory explains how and why our emotions and bodily feelings guide our decision-making (Damasio, 1994). This influential theory shows that emotions are necessary for proper ...