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 …

Despite intensive scientific investigation and public health imperatives, drug addiction
treatment outcomes have not significantly improved in more than 50years. Non-invasive …

Importance Since pornography appeared on the Internet, the accessibility, affordability, and
anonymity of consuming visual sexual stimuli have increased and attracted millions of users …

Brain lesions that damage the insular cortex (IC) interrupt addictive behaviors, suggesting
that drug addiction sensitizes the insula. However, neuroimaging studies seem to lead to an …

Since the first study in stimulant-dependent individuals using structural MRI was published
fifteen years ago, much evidence has accumulated on brain abnormalities associated with …

Substance use disorders (SUDs) are characterized by a compulsion to seek and consume
one or more substances of abuse, with a perceived loss of control and a negative emotional …

Addictions to licit and illicit drugs are chronic relapsing brain disorders that affect circuits that
regulate reward, motivation, memory, and decision-making. Drug-induced pathological …

Although cerebellar alterations have been consistently noted in the addiction literature, the
pathophysiology of this link remains unclear. The cerebellum is commonly classified as a …

BACKGROUND: Impulsivity is thought to play a key role in cocaine addiction onset and
progression; therefore, we hypothesized that different facets of impulsive personality may be …

This study aims to investigate the gray matter volume (GMV) of key neural systems possibly
associated with Excess Social Media Use (ESMU) in the general user population. It employs …