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This Is How Caffeine Actually Affects Your Brain

This Is How Caffeine Actually Affects Your Brain
But only a fraction of addicts actually understand how caffeine impacts the brain. Here's a video that explains the addiction. The Reactions video explores the chemistry of caffeine, which breaks up into three different molecules: theobromine …
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Study Links Casual Pot Use With Brain Abnormalities
“A fundamental aspect of addiction research has been this concept of reward and that substances of abuse basically kind of hijack this system and substitute for things that are naturally rewarding such as food or playing with your kids or taking a …
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How Do We Predict the Future: Brains Rewards and Addiction — In this fascinating presentation, The Salk Institute’s Terry Sejnowski explores how by its nature the human brain is susceptible to the effects of addictive …


Causes of Addiction: Protein That Causes Nicotine Addiction Identified – Examiner.com

Causes of Addiction: Protein that causes nicotine addiction identified – Examiner.com

Protein that causes nicotine addiction identified
Examiner.com
Scientists have pin-pointed the receptors that produce the pleasure-seeking response that smokers crave from nicotine, and cause them to become anxiety-ridden when they can't have just one more cigarette. Researchers from the Salk Institute for

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