A possible future way to prevent relapses into drug dependence has been discovered by researchers at Linköping University and the German cancer research center DKFZ. The target is the dopamine-producing nerve cells in the midbrain. [continue reading…]
Addictions
Parents who enforce no-smoking rules at home are less likely to have teens who experiment with cigarettes, a new study finds. Youths who lived with nonsmokers but didn’t have a household smoking ban were nearly twice as likely to try cigarettes, compared to teens whose parents banned smoking.
“This basic intervention — implementing a household smoking ban — has the potential to promote anti smoking norms and to prevent adolescent smoking,” said lead study author Alison Albers, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Boston University School of Public Health. [continue reading…]
In the quest to find the biological route of drug addiction, research at Cambridge University, UK, is revealing what makes some people more vulnerable than others. Speaking at Europe’s major neuroscience conference in Geneva today (Monday 14 July), Professor Barry Everitt described what they now believe causes the switch from occasional, ‘recreational’ use to a compulsive habit. [continue reading…]
Scientists are using virtual reality to help alcoholics cope with situations that might get them in trouble. This ScienCentral News video explains.
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