Many surgeons recommend giving up smoking, alcohol, or drugs before surgery, but researchers have found this may also ...

Irvine, CA – May 3, 2022 – New research from the University of California, Irvine, finds that drug withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement of drug seeking behaviors are controlled by a single ...

Most people think addiction means a person has severe withdrawal when not taking alcohol or drugs. But withdrawal symptoms ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - A new study from the University of Iowa has found a potential target area in the brain that hopes to reduce the cravings people have when they abruptly stop using certain ...

New research from the University of California, Irvine, finds that drug withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement of drug seeking behaviors are controlled by a single pathway in the brain and ...

This study is led by Prof. Chaoran Ren (Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan university), Prof. Tifei Yuan (Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School ...

In the realm of drug use, cocaine use disorder (CUD) remains a significant challenge without approved pharmacotherapies. Behaviors like addiction are driven by lasting molecular alterations in brain ...

Why do so many people relapse after quitting cocaine? A new study from The Hebrew University reveals that a specific "anti-reward" brain circuit becomes hyperactive during withdrawal-driving ...

Researchers describe how withdrawal from nicotine, methamphetamine and cocaine alters the functional architecture and patterns in the brains of mice, compared to control animals, a key to developing ...

New research finds that drug withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement of drug seeking behaviors are controlled by a single pathway in the brain and centered around dopamine cells. New research ...