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Portable Cocaine Sensor Developed At UC Santa Barbara
February 28, 2006 — A real-time sensor for detecting cocaine -- made with inexpensive, off-the-shelf electronics -- has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Two local ... > full story -
Team Discovers Possible 'Universal Strategy' To Combat Addiction
February 13, 2006 — An international research team has discovered a signaling pathway in the brain involved in drug addiction, together with a method for blocking its action, that may point to a single treatment ... > full story -
High Resolution 'Snapshots' Detail Dynamics Of A Cocaine Antibody
February 9, 2006 — Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have revealed for the first time a series of molecular structures of a specific cocaine-degrading monoclonal antibody Fab' fragment during the complete ... > full story -
Genetics Plays Role In Relapse Of Illicit Drug-Seeking Behavior
January 23, 2006 — Inbred strains of rats differ in how aggressively they seek cocaine after a few weeks of use, researchers say. The finding is another piece of evidence that genetics plays a role in the relapse of ... > full story -
Evidence Links Cocaine Abuse And Parkinson's Disease
December 14, 2005 — Adults who abuse cocaine might increase their risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD), and pregnant women who abuse cocaine could increase the risk of their children developing PD later in life, ... > full story -
Delving Deeper Into The Machinery Of Cocaine Addiction
October 24, 2005 — Researchers are now understanding in greater detail the molecular machinery underlying the short-term brain changes that produce the high of cocaine, as well as the longer-term changes behind ... > full story -
Researchers Find Alterations In Brain's Circuitry Caused By Cocaine
October 23, 2005 — Cocaine causes specific alterations in the brain's circuitry at a genetic level, including short-term changes that result in a high from the cocaine, as well as long-term changes seen in addiction, ... > full story -
Disrupting Cocaine-Memories To Battle Addiction
September 18, 2005 — Addicts crave drugs and suffer relapse not just because of the alluring high of drugs, but also because they are compelled by the powerful, haunting memory associations with the environment ... > full story -
UCI Neurobiologists Find Treatment To Block Memory-Related Drug Cravings
September 16, 2005 — A novel chemical compound that blocks memory-related drug cravings has the potential to be the basis of new therapies to aid drug-addiction recovery efforts, UC Irvine neurobiologists have ... > full story -
Rutgers-Newark Researchers Link Individual Preferences To Neuronal Activity In Brain
September 6, 2005 — Rutgers-Newark neuroscience researchers suggest that an intricate system exists within the brain for establishing individual preference, which ultimately impacts ... > full story
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