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The Science of Addiction: Implications for Elders
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Scientific discoveries in the last 10 years have provided a new understanding of addictions and led to the development of improved treatment approaches that significantly increase the promise of long-term sobriety. New tomography techniques using PET-scan technology display pictures that allow practitioners and scientists to see the adult human brain in ways that were inconceivable only 20 years ago. The implications for intervention are dramatic, especially for older adults.
This technology has pinpointed the location of the addiction process in the brain's ventral-tegmental area (VTA). Located at midbrain, this cluster of cells controls memories of so-called reward experiences …
