Promising New Drug Targets for Cocaine Addiction

Published January 24, 2014

Promising New Drug Targets for Cocaine Addiction
Jan. 20, 2014 — Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new molecular mechanism by which cocaine alters the brain's reward circuits and causes addiction. Published online in the journal Proceedings of the … Read more on Science Daily (press release)

Cocaine Addiction May Become A Thing Of The Past
According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, approximately 1.4 million people are addicted to, or abuse, cocaine in the U.S. But, new research shows that cocaine addiction may become a more manageable problem in the near future. Researchers at … Read more on Refinery29

Discovery may pave way for cocaine addiction treatment
20 (UPI) — New York researchers have identified a molecular mechanism by which cocaine alters the brain's reward circuits and causes addiction. Dr. Eric J. Nestler, director of the Friedman Brain Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount … Read more on Dalje.com

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