Alcoholism May Be Treated by Resetting Brain's Reward Center

Alcoholism May Be Treated by Resetting Brain's Reward Center
Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP

A new study has identified two pathways in the reward center of the brain that may be manipulated to help treat alcohol addiction.

The two pathways in the dorsal striatum, the reward center of the brain, regulate the go pathway to encourage rewarding behavior and the no-go pathway that halts behavior. They have the opposite effects, however, on control of alcohol consumption behavior.



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