Research suggests that targeted stimulation of the brain’s
prefrontal cortex is a promising treatment for addiction
Could drug addiction treatment of the future be as simple as
an on/off switch in the brain? A study in rats has found that stimulating a key
part of the brain reduces compulsive cocaine-seeking and suggests the
possibility of changing addictive behavior generally. The study, published in Nature, was conducted
by scientists at the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the
University of California, San Francisco.