North Texas researchers identify gene changes in brain reward circuits that may point to new treatments for those struggling ...

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The largest brain imaging analysis of psychedelics to date, recently published in Nature Medicine, has identified two ...

As cannabis legalization spreads, new research reveals that the mental health risks tied to a cannabis addiction depend ...

Dr Daniel Amen cited brain scans that prove long-term cannabis smoking can cause issues relating to attention, memory, mood ...

It may be difficult for addicted individuals to learn when they can expect a reward. This learning problem could perhaps explain why they are more prone to addiction and find it difficult to kick the ...

Addiction and appetite along the gut-brain axis: Vagus nerve may play a crucial role in the dopamine reward pathway by Krystal Kasal, Medical Xpress edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a ...

Imagine that you can be two different people. That's not such an absurd idea. It's been around in psychoanalysis (starting with Freud) for over a century, and even contemporary cognitive science and ...