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.