In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers found that increasing dopamine levels with L-DOPA made people slightly ...

Discover the impact of dopamine on the brain's reward circuit, from pleasure to addiction, and how to find balance.

Billionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson argues that smartphone addiction is a result of neurological manipulation by what he ...

Researchers carrying out functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in different areas of the human brain have discovered how cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how ...

Your ex got a new car. Your high-school crush got married. Everyone’s traveling like they’ve got platinum credit cards with unlimited overdrafts and no interest. Those images come rushing into your ...

(CNN) — Maybe you’d like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to –– so you just squander another hour on social media. Your problem ...

New recovery school in Loudoun County, Virginia, provides academic and treatment support for students with substance abuse ...

A video intended to be watched briefly before sleep extends until dawn. Though vowing to abstain from alcohol, one succumbs ...

“Addiction is an important clinical term with a troubled and weighty history,” said Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist and coauthor of a brief explainer of what dopamine does and doesn’t do. “People ...