Awards were presented at a ceremony last night in San Jose, Calif., by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, ... NIDA announces 2010 Addiction Science Award winners at Intel ISEF ...

Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up before they take their first puff or sip ...

A team of investigators supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, has created a strain of mice scientists can use to study nicotine addiction and its ...

A project that maps dopamine circuits in the prefrontal cortex through optogenetic manipulation was given top honors in this year's annual Addiction Science Awards at the 2012 Intel International ...

The Intel ISEF Addiction Science Awards were presented at an awards ceremony Thursday night in Los Angeles. The awards were presented by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the ...

When science first studied addictive behavior individuals who became addicted to a substance commonly were viewed as being morally flawed human beings lacking willpower.Today, that view has ...

LAS VEGAS — Viewing addiction as a chronic brain disease, both by clinicians and health care systems, may improve diagnosis, management and treatment of addiction, according to a presentation at ...

The head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse said there’s no evidence that marijuana weans people from opioid addiction – and promoting such treatment might deny people a chance at recovery.

A 14-year-old’s innovative approach to prevent tampering and misuse of opioid pills won a first place Addiction Science Award at the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF ...

Optogenetics project takes top NIDA Addiction Science Award May 21st, 2012 First place distinction went to John Edward Solder, a senior at Staples High School in Westport Conn., for his project, ...