Addiction affects your brain as well as your body – that’s why detoxing is just the first stage of recovery

Addiction has causes that are neurobiological, psychological and structural. Treating these drivers is as important as ...
Health Affairs

Podcast: Nora Volkow on the Science, Stigma, and Future of Addiction Research

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health, to discuss addiction as a brain disorder, treatments for ...
News Medical

New study suggests increased levels of hypocretin in the brain may play role in cocaine addiction

A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcohol ...
Psychology Today

United States Changes Its Mind on Addiction - It's Not a Chronic Brain Disease After All

This post is in response to I Just Want to Testify (about my alcoholism) By Stanton Peele Ph.D. Nora Volkow and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) insist, based on peering at MRIs, that ...
Yahoo

Addiction Risk Shows up in Children’s Brain Scans before Drug Use Starts

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “This study is extremely helpful because it begins to outline the brain changes that are seen in teenagers who start to use drugs ...
Medicine Buffalo

Decoding the Brain’s Addiction Circuitry

Within the brain, chemical neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine regulate mood, emotions and many physiological and behavioral processes. Their imbalance can contribute to anxiety, ...