Researchers Use Machine Learning to Map Heroin Addiction
Researchers at the University of Houston and the University of Cincinnati use machine learning to map the brain’s response to heroin.
Are There Benefits to Addiction?
A study from Japan tries to find the optimal level of habitual behavior for mental health.
Research on the Medial Habenula and Opioid Addiction
Dr. Ibañez-Tallon at Rockefeller University is targeting the medial habenula, a region of the brain loaded with opioid receptors.
Hooked On Phonics: When Playing Music Becomes an Addiction
Recent studies show an addiction to playing music leads to worse outcomes for music students.
An Unusual View From the Supply Side of Addiction
Harvard University does a deep dive on the supply side of opioid addiction.
HDAC5 and the Epigenetics of Addiction
Two new studies explain the role of the epigenetic enzyme, HDAC5, in cocaine addiction and depression.