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June 13, 2025
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Nov. 1, 2022 — Common gut bacteria can enhance the effects of cocaine in mice, researchers report. Their study demonstrates how cocaine use supports the growth of the bacteria, which in turn eat up a chemical, ...
Oct. 6, 2022 — Results of a new study suggest the prefrontal cortex-habenula circuit is potentially amenable for targeted interventions and ...
Aug. 26, 2022 — Illicit drug use is associated with a nearly nine-fold greater risk of death or life-threatening emergencies in intensive cardiac care unit (ICCU) patients, according to new ...
Aug. 4, 2022 — Commonly used in medicine as an anaesthetic, ketamine is also increasingly prescribed to relieve depressive symptoms. This very fast-acting psychotropic drug is particularly indicated for the ...
July 28, 2022 — Over the past 21 years of opioid overdose deaths, geography has played a role in where they have occurred, reports a new study. But the coming wave will not discriminate between rural and urban ...
July 26, 2022 — Relapse presents a major barrier to recovery from substance use disorders -- when people begin taking drugs such as cocaine again after a period of abstinence. Sleep disruptions have long been ...
July 19, 2022 — Researchers used a new kind of computational tool to parse the complicated genetics that put some people at higher risk of becoming addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, and likely other ...
June 28, 2022 — Researchers have found that blocking certain acetylcholine receptors in the lateral habenula (LHb), an area of the brain that balances reward and ...