Methamphetamine addiction has long been framed as a story of dopamine gone haywire, with the drug flooding the brain’s reward ...

Is addiction a choice or a disease? A psychiatrist explains how repeated substance use changes brain reward and ...

A new study published in the journal Science Signaling has found that an immune system protein plays a central role in the ...

Meth is addictive because it increases dopamine levels in the brain. While researchers know that meth triggers brain ...

New research shows it can tame other addictive behaviour that uses the same pathway,” says Dr Astik Joshi, psychiatrist at ...

A preclinical study has reported a novel gene therapy that selectively dampens pain processing in the brain while avoiding ...