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...e period. Binge drug taking and frequent heroin or cocaine injection were associated with syringe sharing, whereas younger age and use of safer injection facility reduced the incidence of syringe sharing. The investigators found that rates of syringe sharing were similar in the study group before the opening...Potential drug target for treating cocaine abuse found
...kinson's disease blocks the stimulating effects of cocaine and could potentially be used to develop drug therapy for cocaine abuse, new research shows. In an article published in the February 23, 2005, issue of The Journal of...New research shows heroin use falling across Scotland
.../or benzodiazepines. The number of users of crack cocaine is still relatively high in the city of Aberdeen, with over 1,000 users. Dr Gordon Hay, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, and one of the authors of the report, said a growing number of people are giving up heroin. He said: 'A dru...Penn study may lead the way for first medication to treat cocaine addiction
... narcolepsy as a possible medicinal treatment for cocaine dependence. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, researchers found Modafinil promoted cocaine abstinence in treatment-seeking outpatients. Modafinil was also shown to blunt cocaine-induced euph...U of M research explores addiction as a computational process
...-difference learning in the normal brain, and that cocaine produces an increase in dopamine directly in phases. The research will be published in the December 10 issue of Science . Addiction is likely to be a complex process arising from transitions between learning algorithms. Because this model has...Humble Planaria worm offers ideal model for drug withdrawal research
...s as humans and thus respond to dopamine, opioids, cocaine and cannabinoids. "Planaria offer a clean and uncomplicated model. We don't have to worry about potential interference from other organs or organ systems, as would be the case in other animal models," said Raffa. "Plus, Planaria display amazing ...Proposed addiction treatment successful, safe in second small trial
...ears to be effective in treating addiction to both cocaine and methamphetamine is particularly promising, giv...fects on drug abusers, and showedthat it can block cocaine craving in addicts. GVG is approved for the treatment of epilepsy in many countries, includ...Cocaine addicts show reduced brain structure that underlies judgment
Researchers comparing the brains of cocaine addicts and normal people have found that the addi...t family-based studies and longitudinal studies of cocaine addicts would reveal whether a reduced amygdala volume might underlie a vulnerability to addiction. ...Imaging study finds a structural difference in the brains of cocaine addicts
... unexpected structural difference in the brains of cocaine addicts. The report in the Nov. 18 issue of Neur...he brain's reward-processing system, is smaller in cocaine addicts than in healthy volunteers. While the current study cannot determine whether this difference...Proposed addiction treatment successful, safe in second small trial
...indication, showing it to be effective in treating cocaine addiction. "The fact that this drug appears to be effective in treating addiction to both cocaine and methamphetamine is particularly promising, given that methamphetamine abuse is one of the fastes...Brain regions activated by food craving overlap with areas implicated in drug craving
...thological conditions such as obesity, alcoholism, cocaine addiction, and so on. If all these excesses of desire share common brain mechanisms, then it might be possible to use motivational trades-off to treat cravings for harmful substances by substituting craving for something healthier, such as good food...Nicotine more addictive when combined with other tobacco smoke chemicals, UCI study finds
...nd his team also used self-administration tests of cocaine to test the reliability of the novel self-administ...t rats, the young rats were not more responsive to cocaine than adults. "Our latest findings suggest that the study of tobacco addiction, as well as th...NIDA sponsors frontiers in addiction research mini-convention
...aine-induced cardiac arrhythmia after relapsing to cocaine use. Waletzky's parents, psychiatrists active in drug abuse treatment, formed a memorial foundation that established the $25,000 award. The goal of the Waletzky Award is to encourage innovative research into the neurobiology of drug addiction and alc...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
1. The timecourse of addiction: The rate of cocaine administration alters gene regulation and behaviou...iction Samaha et al. Only rats that received rapid cocaine delivery (the same dose given over five rather than 100 seconds) displayed psychomotor sensitization...Some positive findings in new study on cocaine exposed children
... Medical Association (JAMA) suggests that prenatal cocaine exposure was not associated with lower full scale ...years. However, the study also found that prenatal cocaine exposure was associated with specific cognitive impairments and a lower likelihood of an above avera...Study examines effects of prenatal cocaine exposure and influence of home environment on IQ scores
... Medical Association (JAMA) suggests that prenatal cocaine exposure was not associated with lower full scale ...ears. However, the study also found that prenatal cocaine exposure was associated with specific cognitive impairments and a lower likelihood of an above avera...Yerkes researchers discover combination of drug therapies reduces cocaine use in primates
...ols drug abuse and addiction significantly reduces cocaine use in nonhuman primates. These findings, which ap... , have implications for developing treatments for cocaine addiction in humans. Led by Leonard Howell, PhD, an associate professor in Yerkes' Neuroscience Div...It's a gamble: Dopamine levels tied to uncertainty of rewards
...luding food and sex, as well as from drugs such as cocaine and heroin, but pinning down the precise conditions that cause its release has been difficult. "Using a combination of techniques, we were actually able to measure release of the dopamine neurotransmitter under natural conditions using monetary rewar...Medication for multiple sclerosis may help in treating cocaine addiction
...asms in people with multiple sclerosis--can reduce cocaine use. The study involved 70 people who participated in a 16-week treatment program for cocaine addiction. Thirty-five received counseling and baclofen, and 35 received counseling and a placebo. C...Adopting 12-step philosophy may enhance outcomes of counseling for cocaine addiction
...ss of combined individual and group counseling for cocaine addiction. The researchers who conducted these stu...ects seen with group and individual counseling for cocaine addiction, the inability to show a sequential process--first adopting the 12-step philosophy and the...