Resetting balance in reward centers may help treat alcohol addiction

Philadelphia, PA – HEALTH – The human brain functions on a delicate balance of reinforcing positive behaviors and suppressing negative ones, which takes place in the dorsal striatum, a brain region critical for goal-directed behavior and implicated in drug and alcohol addiction.
According to a new study in Biological Psychiatry, two pathways in the dorsal striatum that regulate this process — the “Go” pathway, which hits the gas for rewarding behaviors, and the &ldq