Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that ...

Explore the connections between the world of neuroscience and nuances of substance use disorders with our inaugural episode of In Such a Place. We’ll speak with Dr. Anna Radke, a leading expert in the ...

Researchers in Okinawa set out to discover the neural basis of how we switch our behavior when situations change.

Curiosity-driven experiments in a basement eventually sparked a worldwide rethink of how stress, addiction, and life experiences shape the brain.

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

Addiction decreases the brain’s ability to experience natural, healthy pleasure, driving increased cravings and compulsive substance use. But can this brain deficit be healed? New research from my lab ...