Scientists from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have uncovered how different brain regions work together to enable self-control—the ability to ...

Drugs commonly prescribed to treat Parkinson's disease have been linked to impulse control disorders such as pathological gambling, compulsive buying, hypersexuality and binge eating in some patients, ...

Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder that affects movement and muscle control. One characteristic of the disease is the deficiency of dopamine, a neurotransmitter or brain chemical that ...

Young people who play video games with "gambling-like" elements—such as buying loot boxes or in-game items—are more likely to go on to gamble with real money. Gambling advertising is everywhere. Even ...

Individuals with Parkinson's disease lack dopamine and thus take medications to supplement the neurotransmitter. Unfortunately, many dopaminergic therapies lead to unexpected and unwanted behaviors ...

Although not all compulsive buyers are particularly interested with such distinctions, there's some uncertainty among the mental health profession about whether to see overshopping as a genuine ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process rewards, regulate impulses and weigh consequences—not from genes that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genes tied to impulse control, reward processing and risk‑taking play a larger role in addiction risk than genes linked to any ...

SAN DIEGO — Tavapadon, a novel and highly selective partial agonist of dopamine D1 and D5 receptors, significantly improved motor function without increasing impulse control disorders in patients with ...