Researchers Uncover Step In Brain Events Leading Up To Addiction
Friday, Oct. 15th 2010 6:32 AM
A regulatory protein best known for its role in a rare genetic brain disorder also may play a critical role in cocaine addiction, according to a recent study in rats, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health. The study was published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
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