A new study explores why teens may be more vulnerable to addiction than adults. Read More
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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
Researchers provide additional insight into deficits in the prefrontal cortex involved in drug addiction. The findings could offer new avenues of research for the treatment of addiction. Read More
According to a new study, those addicted to cocaine have strong motivation to seek out rewards, but exhibit an impaired ability to adjust their behavior and are less fulfilled when they achieve their desired goal. Read More
According to a new study, cocaine has the most potent effects on the female brain when estrogen levels are at their highest. Read More
A new study reveals chronic cocaine users have a global impairment of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Read More
Researchers replicate cocaine addiction in rats and obtain a better understanding about the underlying mechanisms of addiction. Read More
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
According to a new study, women who abuse stimulant drugs have significantly less gray matter volume in brain areas vital for decision making and emotion. Read More
In men with a history of childhood trauma, oxytocin reduced the activity within the amygdala and cravings for cocaine. Women who were addicted to cocaine and had experienced childhood trauma showed an increase in amygdala activity following exposure to oxytocin. Read More
Study concludes the most intense periods for cocaine cravings often coincides with a patient's release from addiction treatment programs. Read More
A new study reinforces the idea that serotonin, a molecule associated with mood, directly contributes to the actions of cocaine. Read More
