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New brain mechanism involved in cocaine addiction has been identified
Researchers have found that blocking certain acetylcholine receptors in the lateral habenula made it harder to resist seeking cocaine in a rat model of addiction.
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Cocaine and the brain: identifying targets for addiction therapies
There are currently no licenced pharmaceuticals to treat cocaine addiction. To overcome this issue, US researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have been exploring how cocaine alters transcription in the nucleus accumbens, a region of the brain implicated in compulsive drug use. Here, Hannah Balfour discusses with Dr…
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CRISPR used to deliver BChE into cells to protect from lethal cocaine doses
Researchers have described a novel approach that was able to stifle the desire for cocaine and to protect against an overdose...
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Cocaine relapse is reversed with BDNF microinjections in the brain
Researchers have discovered that a very common protein in the brain has an additional significant role in addiction relapse...
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G-CSF protein involved in cocaine addiction
Researchers have identified a protein produced by the immune system that could be responsible for the development of cocaine addiction...