Why does stress trigger drinking? A new study identifies a direct brain circuit between stress centers and habit-forming regions.

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Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring ...

Why do stressful moments so often push people toward habits like drinking? A new study from Texas A&M University offers one ...

For people with an addiction, craving—the strong desire for a substance—can affect their decision-making, new research shows.

Rutgers Brain Health Institute supports students through federally funded training grants, scholar programs, and ...

New Book Addicted to Failure Exposes Why the $42 Billion Recovery Industry Profits From Relapse and Introduces the ...

Cocaine addiction may persist because the drug rewires brain circuits through a protein called DeltaFosB. This buildup ...

Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource that explains how opioid receptors function in the brain and why they play a central role in pain relief, ...

We don’t usually think of anger and resentment the way we think about drugs or alcohol. But growing evidence suggests that, for many people, the craving for revenge follows the same patterns as ...

Ruth-Ann Saddler, a graduate student in the doctoral program in neuroscience, has won a competitive travel award to attend the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) ...