Addiction can be seen as hacking the brain by drugs—a way to create a direct path to feeling good. Repeated use of a drug changes the wiring of the brain in a number of ways. It stimulates the ...

Dr Brian Pennie has a fascinating life story. In October 2013, following over 15 years of heroin addiction, the Dublin man ...

Understanding that intercourse has marked effects on the mind and that there’s a difference between healthy self-pleasure and ...

He spent the next decade and a half in the throes of addiction before cleaning up and pursuing a life in academia. He knows what it is to hit rock bottom and to turn things around. There are many ...

People have long debated whether addiction is a habit or a choice. What to make of a set of behaviors that in fact induces changes in brain structure and function, provides short-term relief of ...

You've got increased activity in the visual cortex, which leads to changes in your perception ... for combating depression and addiction. When new areas in the brain start talking to each other ...

A good night’s sleep often sets the stage for a positive day. But for the nearly quarter of American adults struggling with ...

Now new data by UTSA shows how the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine changes when working for ... on what beyond dopamine causes addiction. “This effect is not due to cocaine levels in the ...