How Addictive Drugs Hijack Your Dopamine Systems

Published April 13, 2014

How Addictive Drugs Hijack Your Dopamine Systems — The neurotransmitter dopamine is crucial for learning adaptive behaviors, but addictive drugs exploit this normal mechanism by flooding the brain with dopamine.

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