Dr. Rahul Biswas is mapping how the brain’s networks break down in disease, using artificial intelligence to turn those ...

A research team from Virginia Commonwealth University has found that a drug currently in clinical trials for brain disorders ...

Revenge is more than an emotion—it’s an addictive behavior. We get hyped about an epic revenge story to watch on the big screen, or cheer for the politi ...

In standard brain disease models of addiction, the neurotoxic effects of abused psychoactive substances are thought to cause brain changes that spur compulsive cravings for drink, smokes, or dope.

The author overcame his dependence on pills and alcohol. Now he wants to beat back misconceptions about the science of addiction.

People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain to modulate brain activity and cravings and ...

The conversation around addiction has evolved dramatically over recent decades, with medical and scientific communities now firmly classifying it as a chronic brain disorder rather than a moral ...

Researchers have developed a model that rapidly converts stem cells to brain cells with protein structures characteristic of Parkinson's disease (PD), enabling the study of the condition's unique ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests.

New research demonstrates a common brain network among people with substance use disorder. The brain neurocircuitry of addiction is associated with the dopamine reward neurocircuitry.

The disease model of addiction is a “very narrow conceptualization that doesn’t understand social, environmental and systemic causes to addiction,” Dr. Cassandra Boness told Salon in a call.