Addiction changes the brain, body, and behavior. Persistent insomnia, craving, depression, anhedonia, and anxiety may continue for months after sobriety, often leading to relapse. While we search for ...
A University at Buffalo neuroscientist whose focus is the brain's reward system and its role in addiction is helping to illuminate how exercise can aid the brain in addiction recovery. Over the past ...
A UB neuroscientist whose focus is the brain’s reward system and its role in addiction is helping to illuminate how exercise can aid the brain in addiction recovery. Over the past year, this research ...
With fitness culture booming and "no days off" mindsets trending, new research is challenging common assumptions about "exercise addiction"—finding that the issue is real but often misunderstood and ...
Addiction is a widespread health issue that will affect about one in five Canadians over their lifetimes. For example, addiction to opioids has led to opioid and overdose crises in many cities, which ...
Researchers found that while basketball and swimming offer some cognitive benefits, footbike training uniquely boosts both focus and self-control, making it the top exercise for tackling internet ...
Physical exercise is one of the main recommendations for maintaining good health. However, when practiced compulsively and without control, it can become a problem: exercise addiction. An ...
Exercise and Addiction Intense exercise appears capable of resetting the brain to pre-addiction health levels. What happens is addiction induces a shift in the brain’s reward setpoint, often called ...