New research shows that the same dopamine receptor mechanism responsible for drug addiction also governs the natural decline in motivation when we repeat rewarding behaviors.

Women’s hormonal cycles may make them more prone to cocaine addiction than men, and also increase their susceptibility to typical triggers that lead to relapse, according to the results of a study by ...

Our brain's reward system processes and reinforces pleasurable experiences, motivating us to seek out and engage in rewarding ...

Desensitization of neurons to dopamine is a well-known effect in addiction. However, researchers found a natural example of ...

The cerebellum ("little brain") is tucked underneath the basal ganglia; it sits in the back of the skull below the cerebrum. Source: CLIPAREA l Custom media/Shutterstock Neuroscientists have unearthed ...

Addiction is often misunderstood, mislabelled, or missed entirely in the workplace. For the benefit of HR professionals, we ...

While the dangers of mind-altering drugs come from their health consequences, the most striking aspect of drug abuse is its ability to control behavior: The drug acts on motivational brain mechanisms, ...

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Posing as heroin users seeking help, researchers contacted hundreds of treatment clinics in US states with the highest overdose death rates. The “secret shoppers” were denied appointments much of the ...

Nate Holley, 37, has been clean for more than a dozen years from the grip of opioid addiction – crediting his recovery to ...