What Is Addiction? Redonna Chandler (1 of 3)

Published April 8, 2013

What is Addiction? Redonna Chandler (1 of 3) – In this interview, which followed the presentation “Addiction, the Brain, and Evidence Based Treatment” given as part of the National Institute of Justice’s …

NIH awards researcher .5 million to study effects of stress on substance abuse

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A five-year, $ 2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) will support research from the University of Houston College of Education to investigate mechanisms that influence drug-related health …
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Lasers: The Latest Weapon Against Cocaine Addiction

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"This is the first study to show a cause-and-effect relationship between cocaine-induced brain deficits in the prefrontal cortex and compulsive cocaine-seeking," said Billy Chen, PhD, lead study author from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA …
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