The Impact of Translational Neuroscience Approaches on the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

Addiction is a brain disorder shaped by strong biosocial factors and resulting in devastating consequences to individuals and to society. Three decades of significant progress in genetics and neuroscience research, coupled with the advent of new molecular and brain imaging tools have helped characterize the cellular and network processes participating in the transition from drug use into addiction. This has opened up the opportunity for new therapeutics that target mechanisms involved with neuroplasticity.
Source: Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research