Drug Addiction Changes the Brain

Drug addiction changes the brain
… part of the brain, which is an area commonly linked to drug use. Functionally, the striatum helps coordinate motivation with body movement. The research also found that the changes become more pronounced the longer the drug addiction has gone on for.
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Addiction and the brain: how the immune system takes over
In fact, studies being conducted with the support of the National Institute on Drug Addiction (NIDA) in the United States have shown significant promise in treating opioid and methamphetamine addiction with brain immune-targeted treatments.
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Heroin Addiction Warps Brain's Ability to Change
In a study of heroin abusers' post-mortem brains, longer duration of heroin use was associated with changes in the shape and packaging of DNA in the brain in the ventral and dorsal striatum, areas of the brain associated with drug addiction, according …
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