People with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, alcohol addiction or psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia show ...

New research reveals dementia, addiction and psychiatric disorders each leave a distinct "fingerprint" of accelerated brain ...

People with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, alcohol addiction, or psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia show ...

Summary: Researchers evaluated structural MRI scans from 45,900 controls and 2,698 individuals across 9 conditions to map ...

The greatest therapeutic effects of psychedelics appear to occur long after the drug is gone. New research suggests they ...

Addiction to toxic alcohol can disrupt the brain’s natural reward system by triggering excessive releases of dopamine, ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that reinforce repeated use and make quitting extremely difficult. For decades, ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain. It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the brain that ...

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Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of ...

For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures up a vivid mental image and drives behaviour. This link between thinking and doing serves a clear function – it motivates ...