CU Science Update 28 – Cocaine Addiction

CU Science Update 28 – Cocaine Addiction – How the brain processes information could help us understand the mechanism behind cocaine addiction. CU’s Institute of Behavioural Genetics is using state-of-the-art technology to gain insight into how psychostimulant drugs alter our brains. The results of this work could one day help addicts recover fully from their dependency on drugs. CU Science Update’s Angelica Kalika met with Dr. Don Cooper, Associate Professor in CU’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience to learn more about his lab’s investigation into cocaine addiction. Hosted by Joanna Merrill. Produced by the University of Colorado at Boulder Journalism and Mass Communication students.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson gets back to normal life as she is seen out for the …

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Although the reason for Tara's alleged admission remains shrouded in mystery, friends say she has not reached rock bottom like she did in 1999, when she sought help for cocaine addiction. The clinic states on its website it offers treatment for …
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Lab Notes: These Rats Don't Get Hyper on Meth

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An immunotherapeutic approach may help treat methamphetamine addiction someday, a study in rats suggested. Similar to what is being studied for nicotine and cocaine addiction, a vaccine targeting methamphetamine prevented two of the major effects of …
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