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Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction's effects

  • Written by Karla Kaun, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Brown University
Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction's effectsAlcohol and other drugs can overpower the reward pathways of the brain.Simona Dumitru/Moment via Getty Images

Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as rewarding when you are hungry and water as rewarding when you are thirsty. But addictive substances like alcohol and drugs of abuse can overwhelm the...

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