New research from the laboratory of Scientific Council member Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D. marks a significant advance in our understanding of how cocaine addiction affects the brain. It provides a…
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A two to three-week intensive PTSD outpatient program deployed at four U.S. academic medical centers has been received positively by post-9/11 veterans and active-duty service members, 91 percent of…
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Several new genome-wide investigations of schizophrenia and substance-use disorders are helping researchers understand how these two conditions may be related, according to a paper published in…
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A portion of the brain called the interpeduncular nucleus (IPN) is at the heart of a neural circuit that controls a person’s interest in new things, leading him or her to explore them further. This…
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A small pilot study published September 17, 2017 in Psychiatry Research finds that marijuana can cause a temporary increase in psychotic-like states in people who are at high clinical risk for…
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