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Scientists Identify Brain Chemicals Involved In "Switching On" Cocaine Addiction
September 16, 1999 — Scientists supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have identified two chemicals in the brains of mice that appear to play a major role in the addiction process. Their study appears ... > full story -
Progress Toward A Vaccine To Fight Cocaine Addiction Is Reported
August 25, 1999 — A potential vaccine against the addictive effects of cocaine was described at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society. ... > full story -
Response To Cocaine Linked To Biological Clock Genes
August 16, 1999 — A new study shows that a surprising phenomenon--sensitivity to repeated cocaine exposure--can now be added to the short list of activities linked to genes controlling the biological clock. ... > full story -
University Of Virginia Researchers Link Cocaine Addiction Responses To Biological Clock Genes
August 12, 1999 — A new study published in Science indicates that cocaine sensitization -- which is linked to addiction -- might be associated with circadian genes, the genes that set the biological clock. An ... > full story -
Chronic, Heavy Cocaine Use Associated With Long-Lasting Impaired Function
August 3, 1999 — The detrimental effects of heavy cocaine use on an individual's manual dexterity, problem solving, and other critical skills can last for up to a month after the drug was taken, according to a ... > full story -
Cocaine Triggers Heart Attacks Within One Hour
June 1, 1999 — During the first hour after using cocaine, the user's risk of heart attack increases nearly 24 times, according to the first large study of the long-suspected relationship between cocaine and ... > full story -
Repeated Exposure To Cocaine Alters Brain Structure
April 27, 1999 — Cocaine can produce long-lasting changes in the structure of nerve cells in certain areas of the brain, according to new data presented by Dr. Terry Robinson of the University of Michigan. ... > full story -
Debate Brews Over Caffeine Addiction -- Study Also Confirms Caffeine Improves Alertness And Energy
March 22, 1999 — Most coffee drinkers feel they function better after that morning cup of java, and many researchers agree. But is it addictive? A French medical researcher will present new data that says it ... > full story -
Cocaine And Tobacco Use Increase Risk Of Miscarriage, Find University Of Pittsburgh Researchers
February 5, 1999 — Tobacco smoking and cocaine use independently contribute to spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), according to results of a landmark study led by Roberta B. Ness, M.D., M.P.H., at the University of ... > full story -
Drug Abuse Behavior Driven By Neurochemical Changes In Brain
November 12, 1998 — Researchers at Yerkes Primate Center have demonstrated that the same neurochemical changes in the brain that occur with cocaine use can also be triggered by environmental stimuli, without the ... > full story
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