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The image shows the opiod system in the brain.

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·October 10, 2013·5 min read

Sticks and Stones: Brain Releases Natural Painkillers During Social Rejection

Researchers find the opioid system responds to social rejection, not just physical pain.

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·July 11, 2014·5 min read

Brain Activity in Sex Addiction Mirrors That of Drug Addiction

A new neuroimaging study finds pornography triggers brain activity of sex addicts much the same way as drugs trigger the brains of drug addicts.

The image shows PET scans pf male and female smokers brain taken from the study.

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·December 10, 2014·3 min read

Smoking Lights up Brain’s Response Differently in Men and Women

Cigarette smoking activates dopamine driven satisfaction and pleasure responses differently between the sexes, a neuroimaging study finds.

This cartoon shows a teen driving and a brain highlighting the areas activated.

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·April 22, 2015·3 min read

What’s Driving Your Teen’s Brain?

A new study reveals how the teenage brain negotiate risk.

This image shows the anatomy to the VTA with the striatum, nucleus accumbens and substantia nigra labelled.

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·July 21, 2015·3 min read

A New Target For Depression Treatment

Researchers have identified a potential new target to treat recurring depression.

Image shows the dopamine pathway in the brain with the striatum highlighted.

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·August 12, 2015·3 min read

Shedding Light on Why We Trust

Researchers shed new light on the neurobiology of why people trust one another.

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·September 8, 2015·4 min read

Separate Brain Systems Process the Consequences of Our Decisions

Neuroimaging and EEG help researchers identify the neural systems that process the consequences of our decisions.

Image of a brain scan with the striatum highlighted in red.

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·October 30, 2015·3 min read

Adolescent Depression and Early Life Stress Linked to Impaired Reward Circuits

A new study reports early life stresses and depression in teens is linked impairments in the brain's reward circuits.

Brain scans with the vmPFC and VS highlighted.

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·November 20, 2015·4 min read

Reward Circuits Weakened by Inflammation in Depression

Researchers find high level of inflammation markers in the blood of people with depression. The research indicates persistent inflammation affects brain areas associated with the more stubborn symptoms of depression.

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·August 31, 2016·5 min read

Addiction Cravings May Get Their Start Deep in the Right Side of the Brain

A new neuroimaging study links alcohol cravings to the right ventral striatum.

Image shows a diagram which includes images of the brain with the NAcc and auditory cortex highlighted.

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·November 17, 2016·3 min read

How Do the Brains of People Who Don’t Like Music Work?

Researchers explain the neural mechanisms behind a person's lack of sensitivity to music.

Image shows the location of the nucleus accumbens in the brain.

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·January 3, 2017·5 min read

Gambling Addiction Triggers Same Brain Area as Alcohol and Drug Cravings

Findings suggest brain networks associated with impulse control could be weakened in people with gambling addiction.

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ventral striatum

Brain Activity in Sex Addiction Mirrors That of Drug Addiction

Smoking Lights up Brain’s Response Differently in Men and Women

What’s Driving Your Teen’s Brain?

A New Target For Depression Treatment

Shedding Light on Why We Trust

Separate Brain Systems Process the Consequences of Our Decisions

Adolescent Depression and Early Life Stress Linked to Impaired Reward Circuits

Reward Circuits Weakened by Inflammation in Depression

Addiction Cravings May Get Their Start Deep in the Right Side of the Brain

How Do the Brains of People Who Don’t Like Music Work?

Gambling Addiction Triggers Same Brain Area as Alcohol and Drug Cravings

Key Brain Circuit Linked to Teen Anxiety Identified

Early Blindness Tunes Pitch Perception

LSD Microdosing Enhances Sustained Attention in Women

Cannabis Destroys Sleep Quality

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