Addiction hijacks the brain ... from alcohol World Health Organization Science has been more successful in charting what goes awry in the addicted brain than in devising ways to fix it.

New research challenges the idea that substance use explains structural brain changes in youth, a theory that underlies ...

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 ...

Related video: The Science of AddictionAddiction affects tens of millions of people across the planet. But where does it come from? This animated video breaks down how the brain’s dopamine-based ...

Because addiction affects the brain’s executive functions, centered in the prefrontal cortex, individuals who develop an addiction may not be aware that their behavior is causing problems for ...

Opioids mimic the body's natural pain relievers, binding to receptor proteins in the brain and sometimes inducing ... for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust, the Corporation for Public ...