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Bookmark or Share- What Happens to the Brain During Recovery from Cocaine Use Disorder?No longitudinal changes in gray-matter volume were observed in the healthy control group, suggesting that brain changes were specific to those in remission from cocaine use disorder. Neuropsychological performance in the cocaine use disorder group also improved from baseline to follow-up on two specific tasks, including: Wisconsin Card Sorting ...
- The Brain in Recovery – Recovery Research InstituteThe neuroscience of addiction recovery is an exciting and emerging area of research. There is evidence that the brain does recover over time; this image below shows the brain of a healthy control on the left, and a patient in recovery from methamphetamine use disorder on the right. After one month of abstinence, the patient’s brain is clearly ...
- Retraining the Brain After Chronic Opioid ExposureDespite the negative effects of chronic heavy opioid use on the brain, this study suggests that brain function can be improved, and that this recovery of function during methadone treatment may be accompanied by better recovery outcomes. Although retraining improved cognitive function, it only did so in domains of cognition that were similar to ...
- Addictionary® – Recovery Research InstituteADDICTION. According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), addiction is a primary, chronic, neurobiologic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestation. Addiction is characterized by behaviors that include: Impaired control over drug use.
- This is your brain on recovery: A look at the brain over time during ...The increase in brain thickness was more pronounced during early abstinence compared to the extended phase. This finding suggests that the brain’s recovery from the effects of alcohol may occur more rapidly at the beginning, with the rate of recovery slowing down over time.
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