As marijuana use becomes legal in some states, the dominant public opinion is that marijuana
is a harmless source of mood alteration. Although the harms associated with marijuana …

The ability to resist the urge to eat requires the proper functioning of neuronal circuits involved
in top-down control to oppose the conditioned responses that predict reward from eating …

Drug addiction and obesity appear to share several properties. Both can be defined as
disorders in which the saliency of a specific type of reward (food or drug) becomes exaggerated …

The nature of addiction is often debated along moral versus biological lines. However,
recent advances in neuroscience offer insights that might help bridge the gap between these …

Our brains are hardwired to respond and seek immediate rewards. Thus, it is not surprising
that many people overeat, which in some can result in obesity, whereas others take drugs, …

The use of stimulant drugs for the treatment of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) is one of the most widespread pharmacological interventions in child …

Until very recently addiction-research was limited by existing tools and strategies that were
inadequate for studying the inherent complexity at each of the different phenomenological …

Addiction coopts the brain's neuronal circuits necessary for insight, reward, motivation, and
social behaviors. This functional overlap results in addicted individuals making poor choices …

Through sequential waves of drug-induced neurochemical stimulation, addiction co-opts
the brain's neuronal circuits that mediate reward, motivation to behavioral inflexibility and a …

Balancing behaviors that provide a reward NOW versus behaviors that provide an advantage
LATER is critical for survival. We propose a model in which dopamine (DA) can favor NOW …