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This document summarizes insights from medical imaging studies on the addicted human brain. It proposes a model to explain the loss of control and compulsive drug use in addiction. Specifically: 1) Imaging studies show drug abuse causes neurochemical and functional changes in the brain, decreasing dopamine function and prefrontal cortex activity. 2) A model is proposed where drug use enhances the value of drugs over natural reinforcers through conditioned learning and reward threshold adaptation. This ov

Author

Zack Woods

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