Neuroscience - Addiction and the Brain

Addiction is a complex disorder that can be defined as a "loss of control over a reward-seeking behaviour" (Robert West, 2006). According to Kolb and Volkow (2010;2016), the cycle of addiction involves three stages, each of which implicate distinct neurobiological circuits: 1) Binge-intoxication; 2) Negative Affect and Withdrawal; 3) Preoccupation and Craving. This brief animation will explain these stages, along with the key neural structures that are impacted (and altered) by chronic drug use.

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[Jose.T]

I have just became aware of the cannabis use disorder that i have developed over the past 2 years. Now i am trying to learn about the neurologic side of this addiction, and have simultaneously decided on the field of study that i will focus on. Neuroscience is 🔥👌

[knabellaks]

Brilliant!!! The most important parts of the brained related to addiction is ALL COMBINED in this video. Maybe the best neuro-science video I've ever seen. <3<3<3<3<3
Thank you so much!!!

[ashrafaliya]

superbly concise and to the point. LOVE IT !

[MrFang]

This was an awesome and easy understanding of this topic!

[davidsquire]

This is so hard to watch when youve already entered and lived in the final stage for almost a decade

[koffieboon]

Disappointing and outdated that 'addiction' is still exemplified first and foremost by drug and alcohol abuse. Addiction is part of everyone's life and comes in every possible form, smart phones, porn, exercise, food, shopping, gambling, gaming, plastic surgery.

[LakeMusicx]

Great piece of work! More people should know this stuff.

[edmonsb]

good job. all i need to learn about addiction and its mechanism

[thepaulhowell]

I'm not a drug user or a drug advocate, but the serious science of using psilocybin therapy is well researched and quite effective. Before you dismiss this or wave the flag for it, look at some of the videos. Nova has a 2022 documentary that is worth watching.

[MyStrawberry]

This was very well explained! =) thanks!

[wozbrown]

Quite a few years ago there was a BBC lunchtime news feature on a trial to cure chemical addiction. It was reported to be +90% effective in the trials so far.
It worked by measuring the frequency of the drug and then passing electrical current of the same frequency through 2 electrodes the patient held in their hands.
This caused the body to quickly start to excrete the substance out through the skins pores.
The clinic room even had an en-suite shower to wash it all off.
I forgot all about it for years and now can find no mention of it on the net.
I wish I had recorded it but I had missed the very start of the feature and thought I’ll just record the evening news and get the whole thing. It wasn’t on the evening news however.

[dineshapunchihewa]

Best thing to do is never to start. I know that I can get addicted to things easily. Therefore I avoid all bad habits

[senanlane]

Not all addictive compounds modulate dopamine, whether directly or indirectly.

[DanielGomez-lewo]

They should do sit-ups where the upper part of the abdomen is worked, with the legs raised and trying to touch the feet with the hands and its variants that work the upper part of the abdomen, they will see improvements quickly. That upper abdominal exercise will take away your depression and anxiety, it will also heal your mind....

[god]

On a certain level, we have a drug store in our hand, the neurochemicals that show up in flow: so dopamine, norepinephrine, anandamide, endorphins, and serotonin. If you were to try to cocktail the street drug version of that, right, you're trying to blend like heroin and speed and coke and acid and weed- and point is, you can't do it. It turns out the hand can cocktail all of 'em at once, which is why people will prefer flow to almost any experience on Earth. It's our favorite experience. It's the most addictive experience on Earth. Why? 'Cause it cocktails five or six of the largest pleasure drugs the hand can produce. We're all capable of so much more than we know. That is a commonality across the board. And one of the big reasons is we're all hardwired for flow, and flow is a massive amplification of what's possible for ourselves.

[stevecooper]

It is actually incorrect to state that relapse isn't caused by cravings.

Cravings are the overwhelming reason for relapse. There maybe social/psychological triggers for relapse, but these are merely the match that lights the fire (relapse).

[Gratitude_]

We are looking for guests for our show. If you want to share your addiction story get in touch!

[kristacyrilla]

The artistic decision to treat the cavewoman like his dead meat is unnerving. Crazy idea, what if… we didn’t depict sex with women like hunting for animals — she doesn’t look happy to be carried away like a killed pig. Ohh and what if she felt “very, very good” too? Wild, right! 1:30

[josephaa]

I swear it's my last time
but I don't really mean it
Those who care about me most
know I'm a record that keeps repeatin

[prajaygaonkar]

Watching this vedio for some dopamine!😂