This is the fourth installment of a five part series on the neurobiology of addiction by Jennifer Fernández, PhD. Follow along on Power Over Addiction or Facebook. In the previous…
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This is your brain on drugs. For real.
This is the third installment of a five part series on the neurobiology of addiction by Jennifer Fernández, PhD. Follow along on Power Over Addiction or Facebook. Addiction is scary….
Zap away cocaine addiction with lasers! or magnets!
Researchers at the National Institute of Health and UCSF claim to have stopped and started cocaine addiction in rats with the use of laser stimulation to the prefrontal cortex, the…
Drug Tolerance Explained
Our brain thrives on novelty and dopamine helps us store information about novel situations. We know that dopamine is released when we receive a reward, but it is also involved in noting…