NIDA Notes Articles: October 2007

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Adolescent Inhalant Use Is Stable Overall, but Rising Among Girls

October 2007
Reports patterns and trends in inhalant use among adolescents based on an analysis of data from a 2002-2005 national survey on drug use and health.

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NIDA Will Contribute to Obesity Research

October 2007
Describes an NIH-wide obesity task force and research plan and explores some of the links between addiction and compulsive eating.

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Endorphin Derivative Inhibits Reward From Morphine and Nicotine in Rats

October 2007
Describes research investigating a naturally occurring brain chemical that shows early promise as a treatment for addiction in animal studies.

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Gene Experiment Confirms a Suspected Cocaine Action

October 2007
Reports on the work of addiction researchers who are learning how acute and chronic cocaine exposure regulates certain genes, based on knowledge from developmental and cancer biology.

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Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission

October 2007
Discusses the central importance of studying drugs' effects on neurotransmission and describes some of the most common experimental methods used in this research.

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Neuropeptide Promotes Drug-Seeking and Craving in Rats

October 2007
Reports on two studies indicating that orexin, a neuropeptide that stimulates eating and regulates wakefulness, also fosters animals' drug seeking and craving responses to drugs.

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NIDA's Newest Division Mines Clinical Applications From Basic Research

October 2007
Describes the role of the Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Research in NIDA’s drug abuse and addiction research plan.

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Among Young Attendees at STD Clinics, Substance Abusers Report More Risky Sexual Behavior

October 2007
Highlights data on the risky sexual behaviors of patients at a sexually transmitted disease clinic who had a substance abuse disorder as compared to those without a substance abuse disorder.

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Tracing NET

October 2007
Describes research that has led to the development of a new tool, a new radiotracer, for studying the neurobiology of depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and stimulant abuse.

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