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Social rank regulates methamphetamine-seeking behavior by modulating the mesocortical and mesolimbic dopamine pathways, and winning experiences can remodel these circuits to suppress drug-seeking. In ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

A video intended to be watched briefly before sleep extends until dawn. Though vowing to abstain from alcohol, one succumbs ...

Maybe you’d like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to –– so you just squander another hour on social media. Your problem may have ...

A class of drugs commonly used to treat movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome is pushing people into risky sexual behavior. Patients taking dopamine agonists say the ...

Scientists have confirmed a neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility. PET imaging shows that the brain increases dopamine production when completing cognitively demanding tasks ...

Even if you you’re not diabetic or obese, can Ozempic be right for you? Ever since the weekly injectable was approved in 2017 to treat diabetes in adults, researchers have been testing its superpowers ...