Picture of NIDA Notes: Vol. 24, No 1
Reports on innovative research, including active brain circuits that shed light on addiction; a new therapeutic skin patch; the disruption of neuron growth on cocaine relapse; genetic changes and vulnerability to relapse; regulators for addiction genes, and more.
Picture of NIDA Notes Vol. 23 No. 5: Neuropeptide Promotes Behaviors Tied to Addiction and Overeating
Reports research findings on a potential new treatment for cocaine abuse and overeating; genetic effects of maternal smoking on children’s behavior; the reduction of risky sexual behaviors; and more.
Picture of NIDA Notes Vol. 23, No. 4: Prevention Program Alerts Initiation of Alcohol and Tobacco Use
Reports research findings on prevention programs to prevent the initiation of alcohol and tobacco use; HIV treatment interruption after prison release; smoking cessation therapies; the role of proteins in cocaine addiction; and more.
Picture of NIDA Notes Vol. 22, No. 6: Studies Link Family of Genes to Nicotine Addiction
Reports on research investigating the genetic factors in nicotine addiction; substance abuse among people who have mental disorders; antiretroviral medications for HIV-infected injection drug users; brain changes during cocaine withdrawal; and more.
Picture of NIDA Notes Vol. 22, No. 5: Computer-Based Interventions Promote Drug Abstinence
Reports research findings on computer-based abstinence interventions; genetic factors in smoking abstinence; a potential treatment for methamphetamine overdose; cocaine use and cognitive function; a new Naltrexone skin patch; and more.
Picture of NIDA Notes Vol. 22, No. 4: Ethnic Groups Have Contrasting Genetic Risk for Nicotine Addiction
Reports on research investigating genetic factors in nicotine addiction; interventions for disruptive children and girls’ delinquent behavior; brain receptors in abstinent smokers; long-term neuronal effects of substance abuse; and more.
Picture of NIDA Notes Vol. 22, No. 2
Reports research findings on brain circuit activation during cigarette craving; brain activity among cocaine users; a potential new therapy for cocaine addiction; drug court monitoring among high-risk drug offenders; and more.
Picture of NIDA Notes Vol. 21, No. 4: Neuropeptide Promotes Drug-Seeking and Craving in Rat
Reports research findings on neuropeptides as catalysts for drug seeking; a potential therapeutic in opiate and nicotine addiction; gene regulation in chronic cocaine abuse; brain changes resulting from anabolic steroid use among adolescent females, and more.
Picture of NIDA Notes Vol. 21, No. 2
Reports research findings on mechanisms of drug vulnerability; brain scans that may help clinicians tailor addiction treatment; an animal study on nicotine and the developing brain; brain activation in cocaine craving; and more.