Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive drive to take a drug despite serious adverse consequences. This aberrant behaviour has traditionally been viewed as bad 'choices' that are made voluntarily ...

The brain plays a leading role in addiction, just as it plays a role in all human behavior. The choice to ... extremely efficient in wanting the drug effects, and eventually becomes imprisoned ...

Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior. With drug addiction, you can’t resist the urge to use them. If you’re worried that you or a loved one may have an addiction ...

A study on GLP1RA medications found that behavioral side effects likely do not result from direct action on GLP1R.

“So much of our addiction treatment is actively traumatic,” Szalavitz told Salon in a phone interview. “It tells people, ‘Sit ...

Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1RA)—medications for type 2 diabetes and obesity that have recently been making ...

We often think of smoking and drinking when it comes to addiction—but ... works and how different drugs hijack this system. As we learn more about how food affects our brains, it has become ...

Drug addiction ... effects of cocaine.” The researchers conducted the study on adult male and female Sprague Dawley rats, a ...

Narrator: This is the map of a typical human brain ... that it's a combination of these effects that make psilocybin so useful for combating depression and addiction. When new areas in the ...

Addiction is more than just a habit—it’s a powerful force that rewires the brain, making it increasingly difficult to break free. Behavioral scientist Dr. Gino Collura joined ...

The brain plays a leading role in addiction, just as it plays a role in all human behavior. The choice to ... extremely efficient in wanting the drug effects, and eventually becomes imprisoned ...