Alcohol abstinence alters brain activity in ways that may drive someone with alcohol use disorder to relapse, new research in ...

Mice that developed compulsive drinking after alcohol abstinence showed more than double the activity in a brain region ...

Deciding to stop drinking is often the easy part. Getting through the first days without it is where most people underes ...

Quitting alcohol is a major life change, but one that brings a host of surprising benefits that go far beyond just feeling better in the morning. For many, stopping alcohol opens doors to improved ...

Addiction researchers believe the brain changes that occur during abstinence may increase a person’s risk of relapse ...

The decision to eliminate alcohol from daily life triggers a cascade of positive changes throughout the body that begin within hours and continue for months. While alcohol has become deeply embedded ...

In mice, abstinence was followed by changes in activity in the BNST, a brain region linked to stress and alcohol use disorder ...