The brain disease model of addiction has dominated public and scientific discourse on addiction (termed substance use disorder [SUD] in the DSM-5) over the past 3 decades. The model framed addiction ...

One result is impaired judgment, decision-making, and impulse control, a hallmark of addiction. Neuroscience research supports the idea that addiction is a habit that becomes quickly and deeply ...

Advances in neuroscience continue to fuel a rapid revolution of our fundamental understanding of the nature of drug abuse and addiction. More importantly, these advances are also changing our ...

Addiction and obesity share deep neurological roots. Can new treatments like GLP-1 drugs and MEAI help break the cycle? Explore the latest science behind these conditions.

together with the excellent and informative opening chapters on definitions of addiction and animal models (arguably the best-developed and validated in behavioral neuroscience), enhance the value ...

Opioid use disorder is associated with more than 350,000 deaths annually worldwide. Guided by the need for an increased ...

This story appears in the September 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Every 25 minutes in the United States, a baby is born addicted to opioids. That heartbreaking statistic is but one ...

Support is generously funded by the UAB Honors College Enrichment Fund, the Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, the Civitan International Research Center, the Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention ...

Alcohol contributes to more than 200 health conditions, fueling a staggering 175,000 deaths each year across the U.S.

addiction, cancer and traumatic brain injury. These advances require a broad arsenal of tools for the neuroscience of both health and disease, and Purdue’s established prowess in science and ...

Advances in the molecular neuroscience of how the brain generates a mind are ... We provide fourth-year electives (i.e., geriatric, addiction, community, sub-internship and consult liaison psychiatry) ...