![Research Showing How Cocaine Addiction Reprograms the Brain Points to New Therapy Targets](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/abstractwhitelight-1440_0.jpg?itok=FXqd2GG6)
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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![Intensive PTSD Treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/maturemansufferingfromdepressionathome-1440_0.jpg?itok=12Qoe17J)
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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![Genome-Wide Studies Aid Investigation of Dual Diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorder](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/colorfulpattern-1440_3.jpg?itok=06RvIzrk)
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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![Researchers Uncover Neural Circuit that Underlies Interest in Novelty](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/youngwhiteboychildsittingonfloorplayingwithblocks-1440.jpg?itok=1XRQJyOS)
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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![Studying Psychotic Symptoms in Marijuana Smokers at High Psychosis Risk](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/brainwireframe-1440_5.jpg?itok=giLs6mwD)
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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