Lasers Used to Turn Off Cocaine Addiction in Rat Brains, May Translate Into …

Published April 10, 2013

Lasers used to turn off cocaine addiction in rat brains, may translate into …
So researchers think that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a less invasive procedure involving placing magnets on the side of the skull, which is already being used today to treat symptoms of depression in humans, could be adapted to help … Read more on The Verge

Cocaine addiction cured in rats using blasts of laser lights
However, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have shown that addiction to cocaine can be wiped away in rats by stimulating their brains with laser light. The … Read more on DVICE