Scientists at Johns Hopkins have identified a previously unknown mechanism of cocaine’s activity in the brain, which could open new types of treatment for addiction to the drug. Intriguingly, it seems ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - New research is now out on fighting addiction. It could help treat substance abuse by directly targeting a certain area of the brain. This research disrupts the traditional theory ...

Cocaine, a drug of abuse, activates just a portion - 10 to 20 percent - of the neurons in the brain's nucleus accumbens, a critical region linked to motivation and addiction. Though small in numbers, ...

The county's Medical Examiner is calling to pivot addiction prevention and treatment efforts to address rising cocaine ...

Scientists tend to view substance addiction as primarily a disease of the brain. When we enjoy sex, food, music, or hobbies, regions of our brain within the reward pathway are flooded with ...

Researchers at UC San Diego are working to learn why there are individual differences in drug addiction behaviors. Photo credit: Alina Grubnyak/Unsplash via https://today.ucsd.edu/ Researchers at the ...

It’s hardly a secret that taking cocaine can change the way you feel and the way you behave. Now, a study published in the Jan. 8 issue of Science shows how it also alters the way the genes in your ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Cocaine, a drug of abuse, activates just a portion — 10 to 20 percent — of the neurons in the brain’s nucleus accumbens, a critical region linked to motivation and addiction. Though ...

Scientists have long known that cocaine works by latching on to molecular connectors on the surface of brain cells, allowing dopamine, a chemical that promotes feelings of pleasure and reward, to ...

Although cocaine use became widespread in the 19th century once it was synthesized into cocaine hydrochloride salts, Europeans knew of the coca plant’s stimulating effects since the early 15th century ...