FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 30, 2017·4 min readHelping the Brain Prune Bad HabitsEmory 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
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 22, 2017·4 min readActivating Brain Region Creates Intense Desire to Use CocaineUsing optogenetics to stimulate the amygdala, researchers intensify the desire to consume cocaine in rats.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 28, 2017·6 min readHow Serotonin Contributes to Cocaine’s AllureA new study reinforces the idea that serotonin, a molecule associated with mood, directly contributes to the actions of cocaine.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 27, 2017·5 min readReprogramming Brain Region Can Suppress Cocaine Cravings: Mouse StudySilencing pyramidal neurons in the infralimbic cortex made rats more likely to relapse than those that underwent withdrawal from cocaine. The findings support growing evidence that the infralimbic cortex plays a vital role in suppressing addictive behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 23, 2017·3 min readRecreational Cocaine: Brain Area Associated With Addiction Activated Earlier Than ThoughtAccording to researchers, people who consider themselves to be recreational cocaine users may be closer to addiction than they think.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 25, 2017·4 min readSons of Cocaine Using Fathers Have Profound Memory ImpairmentsResearch suggests men who use cocaine at the time of conception could increase the risk of their son developing learning difficulties and memory loss.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 15, 2017·4 min readNew Insights into How Cocaine Effects the Brain: Mouse StudyReduced WAVE1 levels decreased preference for cocaine in mice, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 24, 2016·6 min readMixing Energy Drinks and Alcohol May Affect Adolescent Brains Like CocaineAccording to researchers, mixing high energy drinks with alcohol triggers changes in the teen brain similar to those experiences when taking cocaine.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 11, 2016·6 min readDesigner Brain Receptors Used in Preclinical Study to Suppress Cued Cocaine SeekingGene therapy shows promise for future treatment of addiction in humans, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 6, 2016·5 min readMental Illness Genetically Linked to Drug Use and MisuseA new study reports there could be a genetic risk for mental illness in those who are more likely to misuse drugs.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 1, 2016·4 min readCocaine Accumulation in Fish EyesA new imaging technique has revealed cocaine accumulation in the eyes of zebrafish.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·September 7, 2016·5 min readResearchers Pinpoint When Cocaine Addicts Are Most Vulnerable to RelapseStudy concludes the most intense periods for cocaine cravings often coincides with a patient's release from addiction treatment programs.Read More
