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          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroethicsNeuroscience
          ·June 30, 2011·3 min read

          Scientists Use ‘Optogenetics’ to Control Reward-Seeking Behavior

          The findings suggest that therapeutics targeting the path between two critical brain regions, the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, represent...
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          Neuroscience VideosPsychology
          ·January 11, 2012·3 min read

          Study Offers Clue As to Why Alcohol is Addicting

          UCSF Gallo scientists show that drinking releases brain endorphins Drinking alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in areas of...
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          Neurology
          ·July 2, 2012·2 min read

          Why Chronic Pain is All in Your Head

          Researchers were able to predict, with 85 percent accuracy at the beginning of the study, which participants would go on to develop chronic pain based on the level of interaction between the frontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens.
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          ElectrophysiologyFeaturedPsychology
          ·July 11, 2012·7 min read

          Why the Thrill is Gone: Scientists Identify Potential Target for Treating Major Symptom of Depression

          Scientists have laid bare a novel molecular mechanism responsible for the major depression symptom, anhedonia, the loss of the ability to experience pleasure. The brain circuit involved in this newly elucidated pathway is largely identical between rodents and humans, upping the odds that the findings point toward new therapies for depression and other disorders. Additionally, opinion leaders hailed the study’s inventive methodology, saying it may offer a much sounder approach to testing new antidepressants.
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          The image shows a diagram of the brain with specific regions of the dopamine and serotonin pathways mapped out.
          FeaturedPsychology
          ·March 15, 2013·2 min read

          Discovery Could Yield Treatment for Cocaine Addicts

          Researchers discovered cocaine causes cells within the nucleus accumbens to boost the production of two specific proteins linked to addition and learning. Understanding addiction on a molecular level could lead to future developments for new treatments.
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          A brain image is shown with the medial forebrain highlighted.
          ElectrophysiologyFeaturedPsychology
          ·April 9, 2013·3 min read

          Sensational Success in Patients with Major Depression Using Deep Brain Stimulation

          Researchers implanted pacemaker electrodes into the medial forebrain bundle of patients suffering from major depression and performed deep brain stimulation. In a matter of days, in six out of seven patients, symptoms such as anxiety, despondence, listlessness and joylessness had improved considerably.
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          The image is an MRI scan of the brain with the nucleus accumbens highlighted.
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·April 23, 2013·2 min read

          Binge Eating Curbed by Deep Brain Stimulation in Animal Model

          Targeting the nucleus accumbens by using deep brain stimulation could modify specific eating behaviors linked to weight changes and obesity, a new study suggests.
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          The brain diagram highlights the inferior parietal cortex in orange.
          FeaturedPsychology
          ·May 22, 2013·5 min read

          Brain Can Be Trained in Compassion

          Using neuroimaging technology, researchers note increased activity in areas of the brain associated with empathy in subjects who underwent compassion training.
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          The image shows the location of the nucleus accumbens in the brain.
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·June 7, 2013·4 min read

          Researchers Focus on a Brain Protein and an Antibiotic to Block Cocaine Craving

          A new study shows that the GLT1 protein plays a critical role in the craving for cocaine which develops after only a few days of cocaine use. However, exposure to ceftriaxone, an antibiotic used to treat meningitis, decreases cocaine cravings.
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          The image shows the dopamine pathway with the nucleus accumbens and frontal cortex highlighted.
          FeaturedNeurology
          ·July 22, 2013·4 min read

          Scientists Identify Key Brain Circuits that Control Compulsive Drinking in Rats

          Researchers identify circuitry in the brain which drives compulsive drinking in rats, and likely plays a similar role in humans.
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          This image is a diffusion MRI tractography of the brain's white matter.
          FeaturedNeurology
          ·September 17, 2013·4 min read

          Predicting Who Will Have Chronic Pain

          Brain structure abnormalities could predispose people to chronic pain following a lower back injury, researchers suggest.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 17, 2013·2 min read

          Research Team Finds Hope for Pharmacological Solution to Cocaine Addiction

          Researchers suggest a method of biologically manipulating neural circuitry could lead to a new pharmacological approach which could weaken cocaine withdrawal.
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