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Using cannabis daily reshapes the brain's normal operating state, which persists beyond intoxication and biases the person to ...

Researchers studying the impact of cocaine in mice have found that just one exposure to the drug can create changes in brain ...

Alcohol use has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. But new research from the Texas A&M ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) ...

Scientists say they've uncovered striking new evidence of how alcohol addiction impacts the brain's learning systems—and how those systems may slowly adapt during recovery—in a new study published in ...

Alcohol use has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. But new research from Texas A&M ...

Groundbreaking substance use disorder (SUD) research sheds light on how the brain is rewired via synaptic plasticity when drug-seeking behavior becomes habitual and how the addiction-extinction ...

One dose of cocaine leaves a lasting 'scar' on the brain for weeks - and as teen use rises, scientists warn that even ...

One use of cocaine can create changes in brain cells that could linger for 'at least two weeks', new research has suggested.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The prevailing wisdom today is that addiction ...

Quitting feels hard because nicotine changes both the brain and the daily routine around it. The most common way to quit ...