Cocaine News

Posted October 16, 2008:

• Methamphetamine Enters Brain Quickly And Lingers

Posted October 13, 2008:

• Thinner Cortex In Cocaine Addicts May Reflect Drug Use And A Pre-existing Disposition To Drug Abuse

Posted September 16, 2008:

• Potential New Drug For Cocaine Addiction And Overdose

Posted August 29, 2008:

• New Evidence On Addiction To Medicines: Diazepam Has Effect On Nerve Cells In The Brain Reward System

Posted August 27, 2008:

• Cocaine-induced Brain Plasticity May Protect The Addicted Brain: Findings May Lead To New Drug-abuse Treatments

Posted August 24, 2008:

• Addiction Treatment Proves Successful In Animal Weight Loss Study

Posted August 16, 2008:

• Mechanism Behind Cocaine Craving Identified

Posted August 14, 2008:

• Cocaine-induced Synaptic Plasticity Linked To Persistent Addictive Behaviors
• 'Erasing' Drug-associated Memories May Stop Drug Addiction Relapses

Posted August 1, 2008:

• Cocaine Addiction Linked To Voluntary Drug Use And Cellular Memory, Study Shows
• Drug Use By Europe’s Young People Leads To Risky Sexual Behaviour

Posted July 31, 2008:

• How Antidepressants And Cocaine Interact With Brain Cell Targets

Posted July 1, 2008:

• United States Has Highest Level Of Illegal Cocaine And Cannabis Use

Posted June 16, 2008:

• High Impulsivity Predicts The Switch To Compulsive Cocaine-taking

Posted June 12, 2008:

• How Cocaine Impairs Fetal Brain Development

Posted June 10, 2008:

• Prenatal Drug Exposure Linked To Sleep Problems In Children

Posted May 29, 2008:

• Molecular Fingerprint Of Cocaine Addiction Revealed

Posted May 12, 2008:

• Gene Linked To Alcohol And Cocaine Dependence

Posted May 9, 2008:

• Young People Are Intentionally Drinking And Taking Drugs For Better Sex, European Survey Finds

Posted April 22, 2008:

• Rat Study Suggests Why Teens Get Hooked On Cocaine More Easily Than Adults

Posted April 18, 2008:

• Gene Therapy For Addiction: Flooding Brain With 'Pleasure Chemical' Receptors Works On Cocaine, As On Alcohol

Posted April 10, 2008:

• Animal Research Suggests Long-term Effects Of Fetal Cocaine Exposure

Posted April 8, 2008:

• New Strategy For Treating Cocaine Addiction, Animal Research Suggests
• Prenatal Exposure To Drugs, Alcohol And Tobacco Affect The Brain Into Early Adolescence, Scans Show

Posted April 7, 2008:

• Subordinate Monkeys More Likely To Choose Cocaine Over Food
• Environmental Enrichment Can Reduce Cocaine Use, Researchers Find

Posted March 14, 2008:

• Emotional 'Bummer' Of Cocaine Addiction Mimicked In Animals

Posted February 28, 2008:

• Common Heart Drug May Reduce Cocaine Cravings

Posted February 25, 2008:

• Cocaine's Effects On Brain Metabolism May Contribute To Abuse

Posted February 7, 2008:

• Brain Circuitry That Drives Drug-seeking Compulsion Identified

Posted February 6, 2008:

• Subconscious Signals Can Trigger Drug Craving

Posted November 12, 2007:

• Cocaine Abuse Blunts Sensitivity To Monetary Reward

Posted November 9, 2007:

• Enzyme Regulates Brain Pathology Induced By Cocaine, Stress

Posted November 8, 2007:

• Sleep, And How Cocaine Changes The Brain To Make Treatment So Difficult

Posted November 7, 2007:

• Recreational Cocaine Use May Impair Inhibitory Control
• Antibiotic That Appears To Control Phobias May Also Be Useful In Treating Addiction
• Genes Play Important Role In Risk For Dependence On Illicit And Licit Drugs

Posted November 6, 2007:

• Stress Increases Cocaine Addiction

Posted October 11, 2007:

• Highs And Lows Of Drug Cravings

Posted October 1, 2007:

• 'Rusting' Also Describes How Methamphetamine Harms The Body

Posted August 30, 2007:

• Cocaine Use Related To Level Of Education Achieved

Posted August 22, 2007:

• Sewage Tells Tales About Community-wide Drug Abuse

Posted August 15, 2007:

• New Treatment Effective In Counteracting Cocaine-induced Symptoms

Posted August 10, 2007:

• Not All 'Drug-related Deaths' Are 'Drug-related'

Posted July 13, 2007:

• Cicardian System Suffers And Protects From Prenatal Cocaine Exposure

Posted June 22, 2007:

• New Vaccines Help Kick Drug Habits

Posted June 19, 2007:

• Does Stimulant Treatment For ADHD Increase Risk Of Drug Abuse?

Posted April 19, 2007:

• Prescription Drug Addiction Is Under Investigation

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