Study reveals the specific changes that occur in the brains of mice exposed to cocaine. The findings shed new light on the role of dopamine in addiction, and provide new insight into dopamine transmission in the brain.
Dopamine D2 receptor overexpression in cholinergic interneurons of the nucleus accumbens may explain why some are more prone to cocaine addiction than others.
Chronic cocaine use alters the epigenetic profile of the FosB gene in the hippocampus. These alterations are required for cocaine-dependent gene expression and cocaine environment associations. Modification of hippocampal FosB results in a condition critical for cocaine-related learning.
A new study reports the female hormone cycle may explain why women are more prone to addiction and affected by triggers that lead to relapse.
A new study reveals the combination of ketamine with naltrexone can help treat symptoms of both depression and addiction.
A new mouse study reveals exercise may help curb drug addiction and buffer against relapse by altering the production of peptides in the brain.
New rodent model helps researchers discover it is ingenuity and not habit that sustains addiction.
A new study looks at the epigenetic factors that contribute to drug addiction and influence relapse.
Researchers outline how cravings may occur in the brain.
Findings suggest brain networks associated with impulse control could be weakened in people with gambling addiction.
Researchers report on an increase in rates of opioid prescriptions to people with mental health conditions.
According to researchers, non-medical use of prescription opioids has more than doubled among US adults within a 10 year period.
