/medhealthsci/taxonomy/term/1413/all en /medhealthsci/channels/news/addiction-abnormal-communication-brain-224684 <div> <p>Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific evidence that indicates where in the frontal cortex addiction takes hold and how.  Addiction could be a result of abnormal communication between two areas of the frontal lobes linked to decision-making.  The discovery will undoubtedly stimulate clinical work on new therapies for millions of people who suffer from addiction.</p></div> Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:15:24 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 321575 at /medhealthsci /medhealthsci/channels/news/new-hope-treatment-multiple-sclerosis-256331 <p>A new study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and the MUHC, gets closer to identifying the mechanisms responsible for multiple sclerosis and makes headway in the search for better treatments.</p> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:26:45 +0000 jennifer.day@Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.Ca 215712 at /medhealthsci