Researchers identify the anterior insula as the brain region responsible for biasing decisions toward alcohol over social rewards in addiction.

Recently, I was bombarded with Facebook messages and posts about an addiction story everyone got really excited about. This story followed Johann Hari’s book, Chasing the Scream, and his follow-up TED ...

Hoebel and researchers in the department of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute have demonstrated patterns of craving and relapse, the third and final stage of addiction, that had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study of cocaine rats finds a fascinating link between the first hit and the development of addictive tendencies. A new ...

Social interactions are deeply rewarding for many animals, including humans and rodents. These encounters are pleasurable because they trigger the release of the chemical dopamine in the brain, much ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday. Their findings point not only to an ...

John Cunningham, right, and Meagan Cunningham stand in front of a weight rack inside Rat Park CrossFit and Fitness, an exercise center that is slated to open in April. The center is the vision of ...

WASHINGTON -- Rats can become drug addicts. That's important to know, scientists say, and has taken a long time to prove. Now two studies by French and British researchers show the animals exhibit the ...

WASHINGTON Rats can become drug addicts. That's important to know, scientists say, and has taken a long time to prove. Now two studies by French and British researchers show the animals exhibit the ...

Rats addicted to cocaine lost the craving when researchers used laser light to stimulate a specific part of their brains. The laser technique was also used to trigger new cocaine addictions. The ...