Addiction is a powerful condition that can slowly change how a person’s brain works. It often takes away control and makes it ...

New research from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) reveals how two different parts of the brain's memory ...

How does the brain link memory to motivation? A new study reveals that dorsal and ventral hippocampal pathways converge on the same neurons to drive reward-seeking behavior.

Scrolling on TikTok can feel like falling down a rabbit hole, and it turns out, there’s a reason for that. We had local users complete an informal ...

Edwin Bergsson's friend broke down the door of his recording studio in Victoria about five years ago, found him unconscious, and saved his life.

Cravings affect addiction recovery and relapse. Treatment must help the person with substance use disorder relearn healthy risk vs. benefit analyses and behaviors to overwrite old reflexes.

Researchers are investigating whether GLP-1 drugs could be used to treat addiction disorders, following patient reports of reduced cravings.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown brain circuit that appears to drive chronic pain, separate from the pathways ...