How recreational cocaine use is linked to conditions that cause heart attack
People who regularly use cocaine socially have stiffer arteries, higher blood pressure and thicker heart wall muscle than non-users, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s...
View ArticleResistance to cocaine addiction may be passed down from father to son
Animal model reveals paternal cocaine use confers protection against rewarding effects of cocaine in male but not female offspring PHILADELPHIA – Research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
View ArticleCocaine dependence and brain shape are linked, according to a new study
Research provides unique insight into the often misunderstood world of addiction People who take cocaine over many years without becoming addicted have a brain structure which is significantly...
View ArticleCocaine use during adolescence changes shape and size of brain regions that...
Adolescents who use cocaine risk changing the part of the brain involved in reward and learning, according to research published in the January 30 edition of The Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers...
View ArticleCocaine addiction tied to brain’s ‘dark side’
LA JOLLA, CA – June 12, 2013 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found evidence that an emotion-related brain region called the central amygdala—whose activity promotes feelings...
View ArticleSons of Cocaine-Using Fathers May Resist Addiction to Drug, Penn Medicine...
Newswise — SAN DIEGO— A father’s cocaine use may make his sons less sensitive to the drug and thereby more likely to resist addictive behaviors, suggests new findings from an animal study presented by...
View ArticleHeroin and cocaine users die at a rate 14x that of the general population
A new study analyses the risk factors and excess mortality among heroin and cocaine consumers admitted to treatment in Spain. The results reveal that the fatality rate among consumers of both drugs is...
View ArticleThis is your brain’s blood vessels on drugs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2014—A new method for measuring and imaging how quickly blood flows in the brain could help doctors and researchers better understand how drug abuse affects the brain, which may...
View ArticleCocaine quadruples risk of sudden death in persons between 19 and 49
A joint research project by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the Basque Institute for Forensic Medicine and the Centre for On line Biomedical Research into Mental Health (CIBERSAM in...
View ArticleCocaine, Amphetamine Users More Likely to Take Their Own Lives
Newswise — Stimulants use such as cocaine and amphetamine is associated with a nearly two-fold greater likelihood of suicidal behaviour amongst people who inject drugs, say researchers at the...
View ArticleCocaine use and HIV infection may be linked: more evidence
New UCLA research offers further evidence that cocaine use disrupts the immune system, making people who use it more likely to become infected with HIV. In research published online June 18 in the...
View ArticleMedication may stop drug and alcohol addiction: University of Texas at Austin
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully stopped cocaine and alcohol addiction in experiments using a drug already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...
View ArticleWhy cocaine-users report higher levels of sociability when intoxicated
A single dose of cocaine can interfere with the ability to recognise negative emotions, according to new research presented at the ECNP conference in Amsterdam. In a placebo-controlled within subject...
View ArticleCocaine addicts may benefit from magnetic stimulation of the brain
Targeted magnetic pulses to the brain were shown to reduce craving and substance use in cocaine-addicted patients. The results of this pilot study, published in the peer-reviewed journal European...
View ArticleCocaine makes brain cells cannibalize themselves
Working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy, a process...
View ArticleAdolescents’ vulnerability to nicotine, cocaine, other addictive drugs explained
Researchers have discovered one reason why adolescents are more prone to drug addiction than adults, with findings that could lead to new treatments for addictive disorders. In two studies with mice...
View ArticleWhy Cocaine Is So Addictive
Newswise — WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Aug. 1, 2016 – Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center are one step closer to understanding what causes cocaine to be so addictive. The research findings are...
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