What role does the brain's stress response play in addiction?
The brain's stress response is central to the addiction cycle, as outlined by Koob & Volkow. The stages of addiction progressively sensitize stress response systems while downregulating reward circuitry, leading to a state where alcohol use becomes driven not by pleasure but by the need to relieve dysregulation.
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