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Is It Love or Is It Dopamine? This Is Your Brain on Love!

Love can feel like an addiction for good reason: it packs a one-two punch of dopamine and oxytocin.

How Dopamine Drives Addiction

New research showing a connection between the cerebellum and dopamine producers in the basal ganglia holds promise for addiction therapy.

The Mechanics of Addiction: Dopamine and the Brain’s Reward System

A review of the mechanics of addiction and withdrawal on the brain’s reward system.

Can Work Become an Addiction?

Workaholics exhibit characteristics associated with addiction.

Psychedelics + Psychotherapy = Brains Change Rapidly

New research indicates that the rechanneling of brain energy away from destructive addictions can be accelerated with a combination of psychotherapy and psychedelic substances.

Does Addiction Destroy the Brain?

Research by Koob & Le Moal helps explain how addiction damages the brain.