Smartphone addiction physically changes the shape ... parts of the brain. The images also revealed decreased activity in the brains of smartphone addicts compared to non-addicts.

New research findings suggest that structural abnormalities in the brains of cocaine addicts ... for the change. We found an altered right/left relationship in a part of the frontal cortex that ...

Among the changes that can occur is a disconnect between the part of the brain responsible for insight and judgment — the prefrontal cortex ... addict back into the situation that led to ...

Internet addiction ... scans showed changes in the white matter of the brain - the part that contains nerve fibres - in those classed as being web addicts, compared with non-addicts.

Addiction is associated with neuroplasticity in corticostriatal brain circuitry, notably in projections from the prefrontal cortex to the nucleus accumbens. Repeated drug use impairs the capacity ...

we used a behavioral model that differentiates rats controlling their drug use (Non-Addict-like) from rats undergoing transition to addiction (Addict-like). Dysfunctions in prefrontal cortex (PFC ...

And through pathways of nerve connection to other areas of the brain, the response weakens activity of the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex. Overcoming addiction usually ...

This group of individuals was shown both sexual and non sexual images designed to bring ... a surprising outcome to the sex addicts brain chemistry changes. Instead of noticing a higher brain ...

They said images of cocaine addicts' brains reveal abnormalities in the cerebral cortex - the brain's outer surface - and these changes relate to dysfunction in areas responsible for attention and ...

taken at various stages in the addicts’ lives, show dramatic changes in their looks in just a few years. Picture: Rehabs.com Campaigners from the charity Rehabs hope that releasing the pictures ...

New research findings suggest that structural abnormalities in the brains of cocaine addicts ... for the change. We found an altered right/left relationship in a part of the frontal cortex that ...

Internet addiction ... scans showed changes in the white matter of the brain - the part that contains nerve fibres - in those classed as being web addicts, compared with non-addicts.