Want To Kick The Bottle? Science Has Found a Way.

                Targeting a network of neurons in the brain may completely reverse alcohol dependence. We can completely reverse alcohol dependence By targeting a network of neurons. The findings built on previous studies showing that frequent alcohol use can activate specific groups of neurons. The more a person drinks, the more they reinforce activation in the neuronal “circuit”, which then drives further alcohol use and addiction. It is as if the brain carves a special path between alcohol and reward. For the new study, the researchers investigated whether there was a way to influence only the select neurons that form these circuits. In both humans and rats, these neurons make up only about five percent of the neurons in the brain’s central amygdala.