Psychology & Psychiatry
Addicted to video games? This treatment might help
(HealthDay)—Know someone who just can't put down the controller in the middle of online games like Fortnite or League of Legends?
Jul 10, 2019
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Neuroscience
Researchers identify protein involved in cocaine addiction
Mount Sinai researchers have identified a protein produced by the immune system—granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)—that could be responsible for the development of cocaine addiction.
Jan 16, 2018
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Genetics
Study reveals how drug abstinence changes gene expression, making relapse more likely
A new preclinical study by University at Buffalo researchers reveals the genetic basis of relapse, one of the most detrimental but poorly understood behaviors related to addiction.
Oct 9, 2019
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Neuroscience
Study suggests that belief is as important as biochemistry in addiction
(Medical Xpress)—Are there more than biophysical factors at play in addiction? A new study by Xiaosi Gu and Terry Lohrenz from Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute in Roanoke shows that cognitive beliefs play a significant ...
Addiction
Longer addiction treatment is better, study confirms
(HealthDay)—The longer patients receive treatment for addiction, the greater their chances of success, a new study finds.
Mar 4, 2017
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Neuroscience
A molecular map of the brain's decision-making area
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have come one step closer toward understanding how the part of our brain that is central for decision-making and the development of addiction is organized on a molecular level. In mouse ...
Dec 24, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reveals cheese is as addictive as drugs
For years you've been telling your friends, family, co-workers and anyone who will listen that you're addicted to cheese. It's a part of every meal or snack, and you think about it constantly. According to a new study from ...
Oct 27, 2015
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Personality traits of drug users
The social environment is an influential factor with regards to drug addiction. However, some people living in the same environment become drug users, whilst others resist. Is this difference just random or are there key ...
Jun 10, 2019
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Neuroscience
Long-term cocaine addiction therapy developed
(MedicalXpress)—A team of researchers with the University of Kentucky has developed a long-term chemical treatment option for cocaine addiction. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...
Medications
This engineered painkiller works like an opioid but isn't addictive in animal tests
Sometimes forgotten in the spiraling U.S. crisis of opiate abuse is a clinical fact about narcotic pain medications: addiction is basically an unwanted side effect of drugs that are highly effective at blunting pain.
Apr 27, 2018
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