A growing preclinical and clinical body of work on the effects of chronic drug use and drug
addiction has extended the scope of inquiry from the putative reward-related subcortical …

Opioid use kills tens of thousands of Americans each year, devastates families and entire
communities, and cripples the health care system. Exposure to opioids causes long-term …

Background Prevalence rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) have increased dramatically,
accompanied by a surge of overdose deaths. While opioid dependence has been …

Abstract Purpose of Review Suicide is a major public health concern and a leading cause of
death in the US. Alcohol and opioid use disorders (AUD/OUD) significantly increase risk for …

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Background Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is currently becoming a serious mental health
issue around the globe. Previous studies regarding IAD were mainly focused on associated …

The past decades have seen a revolution in our understanding of brain diseases and in
particular of drug addiction. This has been largely due to the identification of …

It is widely accepted that addictive drug use is related to abnormal functional organization in
the user's brain. The present study aimed to identify this type of abnormality within the brain …

Molecular and behavioral responses to opioids are thought to be primarily mediated by
neurons, although there is accumulating evidence that other cell types play a prominent role …

Based upon previous reports of alterations in white matter integrity and gray matter density
in smokers, we examined these markers in a large, well-matched sample of smokers and …