Brain discovery sheds light on addiction
Researchers have discovered how drug addiction skews natural urges by hijacking a key brain pathway.
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Researchers have discovered how drug addiction skews natural urges by hijacking a key brain pathway.
Scientists have identified the reward pathway that when shared by drugs like cocaine and morphine disrupts our natural desire for more life-sustaining needs like food and water.
New research explores the neural hijacking that cocaine addiction causes in the brain.
Mount Sinai researchers, in collaboration with scientists at The Rockefeller University, have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that allows cocaine and morphine to take over natural reward processing systems.
Drugs of abuse can hijack parts of the brain that govern hunger and thirst, new research finds.