Addiction can be a loaded term. The word originated in the 16th century to denote an abnormal attachment, typically to ...

The neurobiology of addiction. Program and abstracts of the American Society of Addiction Medicine 2003 The State of the Art in Addiction Medicine; October 30-November 1, 2003; Washington, DC.

From neurobiology to treatment: progress against addiction Eric J. Nestler 1 Nature Neuroscience volume 5 , pages 1076–1079 ( 2002 ) Cite this article ...

The neurobiology of addiction is pointing the way to potential methods of disrupting the neurocircuitry with both pharmaceutical and behavioral tools. Altering the reward and emotional circuits may ...

Animal studies model addiction-relevant behaviours and have led to an understanding of addiction neurobiology and the identification of several genes that mediate variation in drug preference ...

Better Understanding of the Neurobiology of Addiction Should Help Patients - Medscape - Jun 06, 2007. Authors and Disclosures. Authors and Disclosures Author(s) Marlene Busko.

Decades of struggling with alcohol and drugs convinced me that addiction is a disorder that involves a person’s entire being.

Professor Madras is a Professor of Psychobiology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Laboratory of Addiction Neurobiology at McLean Hospital, with a cross-appointment at the Massachusetts ...