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Faulty Signaling in Brain Increases Craving for Sugar and Drugs
August 30, 2011 — When glutamate and dopamine do not collaborate as they should in the brain's signal system, the kick that alcohol, sugar, or other drugs induce increases. This provides a key piece of the puzzle ... > full story -
Mechanism Links Substance Abuse With Vulnerability to Depression
August 24, 2011 — A new study finds that repeated cocaine use increases the severity of depressive-like responses in a mouse model of depression and identifies a mechanism that underlies this cocaine-induced ... > full story -
Cocaine Addicts Prefer Money in Hand to Snowy Future
August 11, 2011 — When a research team asked cocaine addicts to choose, hypothetically, between money now or cocaine of greater value later, "preference was almost exclusively for the money ... > full story -
Possible Therapeutic Target for Depression and Addiction Identified
August 10, 2011 — Researchers have identified an important part of the pathway through which stress affects mood and motivation for drugs. The finding may prove useful in humans by providing new potential targets for ... > full story -
Majority of Adolescents With Prescriptions for Pain, Stimulant, Sleeping and Antianxiety Medications Take Them Appropriately, Study Finds
August 1, 2011 — Adolescents who misuse controlled medications (e.g., pain, stimulant, sleeping and antianxiety medications) for which they have a legitimate prescription may be more likely to abuse other substances ... > full story -
Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease in Methamphetamine Users, Study Finds
July 26, 2011 — People who abused methamphetamine or other amphetamine-like stimulants are more likely to develop Parkinson's disease than those who do not, according to a new ... > full story -
Scientists Create Vaccine Against Heroin High
July 20, 2011 — Researchers have developed a highly successful vaccine against a heroin high and have indicated its therapeutic ... > full story -
New Hope for Treatment of Cocaine Addiction
July 15, 2011 — Researchers have discovered that a common beta blocker, used to treat people with hypertension, has shown to be effective in preventing the brain from retrieving memories associated with cocaine use ... > full story -
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Evidence for 'Food Addiction' in Humans
July 12, 2011 — New research suggests that people can become dependent on highly palatable foods and engage in a compulsive pattern of consumption, similar to the behaviors we observe in drug addicts and those with ... > full story -
Bodyguard for the Brain: Researchers Identify Mechanism That Seems to Protect Brain from Aging
July 12, 2011 — Researchers have discovered a mechanism that seems to protect the brain from aging. In experiments with mice, they switched off the cannabinoid-1 receptor. As a consequence, the animals showed signs ... > full story
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