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Study Reveals How Social Hierarchy Shapes Addiction Risk through Dopamine Circuitry

Jun 10, 2025

A study from Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published in Nature Neuroscience, reveals how social hierarchy shapes addiction risk through dopamine circuitry.

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    Nature Neuroscience
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    10.1038/s41593-025-01951-0
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