Erasing Memories Associated with Cocaine Use Reduces Drug Seeking Behavior
Disrupting memories associated with environmental cues significantly reduces cocaine seeking behaviors in rat models of addiction, a new study reports. ... Read More...
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Disconnect Between Dopamine System and Cocaine Addiction Uncovered
Researchers report the release of dopamine alters when working to obtain cocaine. The study reports, the more effort it takes to secure a supply of the illicit drug, the lower the release of dopamine when taking cocaine.... Read More...
Neural Fingerprints ID Those Likely to Abstain from Cocaine
Using deep learning technology in combination with neuroimaging data, researchers were able to accurately predict who would abstain from cocaine during treatment for addiction. ... Read More...
Gene Therapy Via Skin Protects Mice From Lethal Cocaine Doses
Using CRISPR gene editing techniques, researchers create modified skin grafts that rapidly degrade cocaine and reduce drug seeking behaviors in mouse models of addiction.... Read More...
Bile Acids Reduce Cocaine Reward
Using mouse models, researchers found bile diversion surgery reduced cocaine induced increases in dopamine release and cocaine related behaviors. Researchers believe bariatric surgery or the consumption of a synthetic bile drug may help curb cocaine addiction in humans.... Read More...
Exercise Can Help Beat Cocaine Addiction
A new study reveals exercise can help to prevent relapse in those with cocaine addition.... Read More...
Bile Acids From the Gut Could Help to Treat Cocaine Abuse
A new study reveals bile acids can reduce the rewarding properties of cocaine use.... Read More...
Maged1 Gene Protects Against Cocaine Addiction
A new study reports mice lacking the Maged1 gene are unable to acquire an addiction to cocaine.... Read More...
Can Hallucinogens Curb Cocaine Use?
A new study will investigate whether psilocybin can help curb cocaine addiction. Researchers are currently seeking people with a history of cocaine abuse to participate in the study.... Read More...
Helping the Brain Prune Bad Habits
Emory researchers report a drug approved in Japan for stroke, can help to stimulate neural pruning and help reduce habit driven behaviors in mice.... Read More...
Cocaine Users’ Brains Unable to Extinguish Drug Associations
A new study reveals chronic cocaine users have a global impairment of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.... Read More...
How Serotonin Contributes to Cocaine’s Allure
A new study reinforces the idea that serotonin, a molecule associated with mood, directly contributes to the actions of cocaine.... Read More...