A shaky hand, a racing heart, a wave of dread; alcohol withdrawal can feel like your body has turned against you. For many people with alcohol use disorder, those early days without alcohol bring ...

What compels someone to keep engaging in alcohol use, even if it damages their health, relationships and well-being? A new study from Scripps Research offers an important clue: a small midline brain ...

The new study found the answer to helping people get through alcohol withdrawal may lie in a region of the brain known as the cerebellum. In mice experiencing withdrawal, scientists were able to ease ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research suggests the cerebellum helps drive alcohol withdrawal distress. A targeted compound eased symptoms in mice without ...