Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms.

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction. In a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meth, also known as ice, is as addictive as it is damaging. FlashMovie/iStock via Getty Images Plus Methamphetamine doesn’t just ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through ...