The brain chemical that plays a starring role in addiction is the neurotransmitter dopamine. Addictive drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and many others—and eventually, just the anticipation of con ...

In addition to identifying a potential drug target that could directly address opioid addiction ... aversion or reward mediated by specific neurotransmitters. What we think this adds up to ...

Ines Ibañez-Tallon is revealing how an understudied region of the brain plays an outsized role in opioid and nicotine ...