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A New Approach Holds Promise For Reducing Cocaine Craving
December 12, 2002 — New understanding of the changes in brain chemistry caused by chronic cocaine use has suggested a novel treatment that could reduce the intense craving that forms the core of cocaine ... > full story -
Jefferson Scientists Find Evidence Of Greater Sensitivity To Addictive Drugs In Adolescence
November 4, 2002 — Researchers at Jefferson Medical College have evidence in animals that the young, adolescent brain may be more sensitive to addictive drugs such as cocaine and amphetamines than either the adult or ... > full story -
Research Helps Explain Why Perception Of Pleasure Decreases With Chronic Cocaine Use
August 1, 2002 — Investigators demonstrated in rats that repeated starting and stopping of cocaine use decreased the brain's reward function and reduced the pleasurable effects of cocaine. This decrease in ... > full story -
Research Yields New Insights Into Molecular Control Of Addiction
April 25, 2002 — In research employing fruit flies, scientists at the University of Arizona have provided new insights into how molecules may control addiction, memory formation, and brain plasticity. Their research ... > full story -
Significant Deficits In Mental Skills Observed In Toddlers Exposed To Cocaine Before Birth
April 24, 2002 — A study conducted by researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland found that children exposed to cocaine before birth were twice as likely to have significant delays in mental skills ... > full story -
Nature's Own Antidote To Cocaine -- Brain Opiate May Explain Why Some People Are Less Susceptible To Addiction
April 16, 2002 — Some people's brains may harbor their own built-in defense system against the addictive powers of cocaine. According to new research at The Rockefeller University, a naturally occurring brain ... > full story -
Lethal Heart Condition Traced To Cocaine Use
March 12, 2002 — Cocaine can cause a lethal tearing in the heart’s main artery, a condition that should be suspected in people treated for chest pain at urban hospitals, say researchers in today’s rapid ... > full story -
Using Cocaine During Pregnancy May Damage Developing Fetuses, Causing Lifelong Learning Disabilities
February 19, 2002 — Taking cocaine during pregnancy causes possibly permanent changes in an area of the brain that governs short term memory – leading to symptoms that are very much like attention deficit ... > full story -
Dosage Appears To Be A Critical Factor In Cocaine Vaccine
January 29, 2002 — Dosage appears to be a critical factor in the effectiveness of a cocaine vaccine being tested by Yale researchers that is designed to block the euphoria drug abusers experience. ... > full story -
Scientists Find Alcohol, Drugs Boost Endorphins In Key Forebrain Region
December 27, 2001 — One of the brain’s natural painkillers -- beta endorphin -- increases significantly in response to alcohol, cocaine and amphetamine drug administration in a key region of the brain that ... > full story
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