The difficulty of unlearning: Addiction as a memory
Artstract by A. Griffith – Created with OpenAi In the United States, 58.3% of the population used tobacco products, vaped nicotine, drank alcohol, or used...
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When Learning Goes Wrong: The Neuroscience of Addiction
Feature Image: Artstract by Emma Doty using AI Overview: Psychostimulant use disorder (PUD) is a chronic, relapsing condition characterized by compulsive drug ...
Addiction as Memory: When Psychostimulants Cause Learning to Become a Problem
Image from Clay Behavior Health Center (https://ccbhc.org/understanding-addiction/) Psychostimulants Spark Learning Pathways Your brain learns from experience, ...
The Making of the Mind: What Changes in Schizophrenia
The human brain is like a city under constant construction, with billions of cells building and connecting to form the networks that shape our thoughts, emotion...
From Dopamine to Digestion: Understanding Autism Beyond the Brain
Imagine the brain as the body’s control center, constantly processing signals that shape how we think, feel, and behave. For a long time, it was believed that t...
Dopamine in Action: Mapping the Brain Circuits with Potential Roles in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a central role in motivation, learning, cognition, and movement. With increasing research summarized in the article by...
Rethinking Alzheimer’s: What the Future of Treatment Might Look Like
Alzheimer’s is a brain disorder that slowly damages memory and thinking. An affected brain has Amyloid-beta plaques that build up between brain cells as well as...
When Tau Twists: Understanding Neurofibrillary Tangles in Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurofibrillary Tangles: One of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), is a form of dementia charac...
BDNF and Alzheimer’s: Can Growth Factors Boost the Brains Repair System?
The Story of BDNF and Alzheimer’s The human brain is constantly adapting to experience. Everyday it builds new connections, repairs damage, and keeps sign...
Beyond Symptoms: Molecular Recovery After a Concussion
[1] A concussion, a form of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), occurs when biomechanical force is applied to the brain and produces functional disturbances wit...