They found that the two smoking lesions datasets that led to remission of smoking addiction mapped to a specific brain circuit. To their surprise, they also discovered in a third alcoholism lesion ...

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In the United States, substance use disorders are a leading cause of death among young people. Treatments such as deep brain stimulation hold promise for helping people overcome addiction, but many ...

Synthetic opioids like fentanyl are now the main drivers of fatal overdoses in the US, yet current treatment of the addiction is haphazard and often prohibitive. But new research has uncovered a ...