Hoebel and researchers in the department of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute have demonstrated patterns of craving and relapse, the third and final stage of addiction, that had ...

The side wall of psychology professor Bart Hoebel's office is lined with dozens of storage boxes. One is labeled "salt," another "self-stimulation," yet another "crave." Then there is the cluster of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study of cocaine rats finds a fascinating link between the first hit and the development of addictive tendencies. A new ...

A new and potentially safer opioid has been tested in lab rats, and the results suggest it relieves pain with a lower risk of ...

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can greatly reduce the compulsion to use heroin in standard rat models of addiction. Rats that were ...

Propensity to addiction starts with the very first drug use experience, a new study shows. Consuming addictive substances often involves an unpleasant experience, like using a needle, ingesting a ...

WASHINGTON -- Rats can become drug addicts. That's important to know, scientists say, and has taken a long time to prove. Now two studies by French and British researchers show the animals exhibit the ...