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Methamphetamine addiction has a way of looping back on itself. A rush of pleasure pulls you in, cravings follow, and the brain learns that the drug is the fastest route to reward. Yet scientists still ...

(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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Habibeh Khoshbouei, University of Florida and Marcelo Febo, University of Florida (THE ...