Certain neurons responsible for nicotine addiction
A new study indicates that there are specific neurons in the brain’s reward system that are active during use and withdrawal from nicotine – not two separate systems in the brain....
read moreSmoking interferes with neurocognitive recovery during break from alcohol...
A new study of people in treatment found that smoking influenced their neurocognitive recovery....
read moreFish oil may help brains damaged by alcohol
A new study on fish oil and the effects of alcohol on the brain found a 90% decrease in neuroinflammation and neuronal death in brain cells that had been given alcohol and DHA, compared to just alcohol....
read moreOreos as addictive as cocaine or morphine
A professor and his students at Connecticut College found that for lab rats, Oreo cookies appear to be as addictive as cocaine or morphine....
read moreNew study shows we may be able to erase addiction memories
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but a new study may show that we can erase our memories of addiction. In rats, scientists deactivated a brain pathway linked to the memories that cause alcohol cravings. By avoiding...
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