Science of Addiction
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), addiction is "a chronic, relapsing disease, characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, and by neurochemical and molecular changes in the brain." Addiction impairs the body's organs and increases the risk of contracting other diseases. The Science catalog focuses on the disease of addiction and the impact of substance use on brain functioning.
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Women’s hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a ...
Women's Hormones Play a Role in Drug Addiction, Higher Relapse Rates
Women’s hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a new ...
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Dr. Samoon Ahmad is a practicing psychopharmacologist and psychiatrist. He explains what happens to someone's brain when they take Xanax. ...
This is what happens to your brain when you take Xanax
Dr. Samoon Ahmad is a practicing psychopharmacologist and psychiatrist. He explains what happens to someone's brain when they take Xanax. He also ...
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The brain’s mesolimbic dopamine system, its reward pathway, is stimulated by all types of reinforcing stimuli, such as food, sex, and ...
Dopamine, Cocaine, and Addiction
The brain’s mesolimbic dopamine system, its reward pathway, is stimulated by all types of reinforcing stimuli, such as food, sex, and many drugs of ...
Harvard Medical School article by Dr. Michael Beier
In the Harvard Medical School article by Dr. Micahel Beier, he writes, "There are many good reasons to emphasize the biological ...
Is addiction a “brain disease”?
In the Harvard Medical School article by Dr. Micahel Beier, he writes, "There are many good reasons to emphasize the biological underpinnings of ...
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Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, applies a lens of addiction to the obesity ...
Why do Our Brains Get Addicted?
Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, applies a lens of addiction to the obesity ...
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Sanjay Gupta explains what happens to your brain on opiates, the key ingredient in heroin and other powerful narcotics. Description from ...
This is Your Brain on Heroin
Sanjay Gupta explains what happens to your brain on opiates, the key ingredient in heroin and other powerful narcotics. Description from CNN
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Article from The Conversation by Paul R. Sanberg and Samantha Portis
According to Sanberg and Portis, "Brain scientists have known for decades that opioids are complex and difficult substances to manage when ...
How Your Brain is Wired to Just Say 'Yes' to Opioids
According to Sanberg and Portis, "Brain scientists have known for decades that opioids are complex and difficult substances to manage when it comes ...
Article from National Institute on Drug Abuse
According to NIDA, "Drugs interfere with the way neurons send, receive, and process signals via neurotransmitters. Some drugs, such as ...
Drugs and the Brain
According to NIDA, "Drugs interfere with the way neurons send, receive, and process signals via neurotransmitters. Some drugs, such as marijuana and ...
Report from National Institute on Drug Abuse
According to NIDA, "Use and misuse of alcohol, nicotine, and illicit drugs, and misuse of prescription drugs cost Americans more than $700 ...
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction
According to NIDA, "Use and misuse of alcohol, nicotine, and illicit drugs, and misuse of prescription drugs cost Americans more than $700 billion a ...
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The Science of Addiction published by NIDA
This infographic, published by NIDA, explains the science behind the disease of addiction, focusing on the effects that happen when the ...
Drugs, Brain and Behavior
This infographic, published by NIDA, explains the science behind the disease of addiction, focusing on the effects that happen when the brain is ...
Article from Harvard Health Publishing by Michael Bierer, MD
According to Michael Bierer, MD, "There are many good reasons to emphasize the biological underpinnings of substance use disorders. Perhaps ...
Is Addiction a "Brain Disease?"
According to Michael Bierer, MD, "There are many good reasons to emphasize the biological underpinnings of substance use disorders. Perhaps most ...
Article from PBS
According to PBS, "In 1972 brain researchers from Johns Hopkins University made a puzzling discovery that would illuminate scientists' ...
Heroin in the Brain
According to PBS, "In 1972 brain researchers from Johns Hopkins University made a puzzling discovery that would illuminate scientists' understanding ...
Article from Very Well Mind by Buddy T
Budd T says, "Discovering exactly how alcohol damages the brain may give scientists the keys to providing alcoholics with a better chance ...
Exercising the Alcoholic Brain May Help Recovery
Budd T says, "Discovering exactly how alcohol damages the brain may give scientists the keys to providing alcoholics with a better chance of recovery ...
Article from Recovery Research Institute
According to Recovery Research Institute, "Three out of 100 adolescents 12-17, and five out of 100 young adults 18-25 have a cannabis use ...
Brain Imaging to Understand Adolescent Cannabis Recovery
According to Recovery Research Institute, "Three out of 100 adolescents 12-17, and five out of 100 young adults 18-25 have a cannabis use disorder ...
Video by Brief Brain Snacks
In this episode, Can The Brain Recover From Addiction, we explore the brain's recovery from addiction to substances, like opioids and ...
Can the Brain Recover From Addiction?
In this episode, Can The Brain Recover From Addiction, we explore the brain's recovery from addiction to substances, like opioids and alcohol, and ...
Article from Addiction Policy Forum by Mark Gold, MD
According to Dr. Mark Gold, "Heavy drinking and binge drinking on their own, while still risky, are not the only problem. In a study ...
Punishment, the brain, and compulsive drinking
According to Dr. Mark Gold, "Heavy drinking and binge drinking on their own, while still risky, are not the only problem. In a study published ...
Article from The Sober World by Austin Lutz BA, BCN Certified, Deborah ...
From the article:"The brain is your supercomputer, it is involved in everything you do. Moreover, it plays a central role in your ...
The Truth About Why Your Brain Drives Your Behavior and Addiction
From the article:"The brain is your supercomputer, it is involved in everything you do. Moreover, it plays a central role in your vulnerability to ...
Article from NIDA for Teens
From the article:"Researchers found that higher levels of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use before age 19 correlated with ...
Is Teen Drug Use Related to Brain Size?
From the article:"Researchers found that higher levels of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use before age 19 correlated with significantly less ...
Article from VeryWell Mind by Buddy T
According to Buddy T, "Although it is true that chronic alcohol abuse does cause significant brain damage, much of that damage can be ...
How Alcohol Causes the Brain to Shrink
According to Buddy T, "Although it is true that chronic alcohol abuse does cause significant brain damage, much of that damage can be reversed with ...
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