Open Questions: Neurochemistry
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How marijuana makes you vague
- March 2001 news article about the idea that marijuana disrupts
memory and other thought processes.
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More than one way to cheer up
- November 1999 news article about how antidepressants like
Prozac use more than one chemical pathway to alter mood.
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Cocaine Vaccine
- December 2004 Scientific American Mind news article about
a cocaine vaccine developed by Xenova Group.
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The Antidepressants
- November 2004 Scientific American sidebar that provides
a short summary of different types of antidepressant drugs.
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The Addicted Brain
- March 2004 Scientific American Society & Policy article,
subtitled "Drug abuse produces long-term changes in the
reward circuitry of the brain. Knowledge of the cellular
and molecular details of these adaptations could lead to
new treatments for the compulsive behaviors that underlie addiction."
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Beating Abuse
- January 2002 Scientific American News Scan article,
subtitled "Glutamate may hold a key to drug addiction."
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One Dose of Cocaine Primes the Brain for Addiction
- May 2001 Scientific American news article about
how cocaine and other addictive drugs take over chemical
mechanisms that normally reinforce learning and memory in the
brain.
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Study Reveals Why People Might Crave Cocaine
- May 2001 Scientific American news article about the
brain region involved in cocaine craving.
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Controlling Cravings
- March 2001 Scientific American news article about how
gamma-vinyl GABA can block the neurochemical and behavioral
changes associated with addiction and environment-based cravings
in general.
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Food Addictions in the Brain
- February 2001 Scientific American news article about
how obese people seem to share a neurochemical deficiency with
many cocaine and alcohol abusers."
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Ecstasy's Legacy
- July 2000 Scientific American In Focus article, subtitled
"Several studies have now shown that the popular drug causes
permanent brain damage."
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Closing in on Addiction
- November 1997 Scientific American In Focus article,
subtitled "New findings suggest a biochemical common ground."
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The Brain's Own Marijuana
Roger A. Nicoll; Bradley N. Alger
Scientific American, December 2004
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The Addicted Brain
Eric J. Nestler; Robert C. Malenka
Scientific American, March 2004
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The article includes a sidebar about
Insights from Imaging.
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Taming Stress
Robert Sapolsky
Scientific American, September 2003
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- The Neurobiology of Depression
Charles B. Nemeroff
Scientific American, June 1998, pp. 42-49
- Depression has been found to have its origins in brain
biochemistry. The neurological underpinnings continue to be
clarified.
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