How Drug Addiction Hijacks the Brain

You've probably heard of the brain's reward network. It's activated by basic needs — including food, water and sex — and releases a surge of the feel-good neurotransmitter dopamine when those needs are met. But it can also be hijacked by drugs, which lead to a greater dopamine release than those basic needs. But the reward network isn't the only brain network altered by drug use. A new review concluded that drug addiction affects six main brain networks: the reward, habit, salience, executive, memory and self-directed networks. Read more at : https://www.livescience.com/62767-drug-addiction-alters-six-brain-networks.htmlRead less