The Effects of Cocaine Addiction on the Brain

NIDA Monograph 159, Pp. 322-348
Thus, the effects of chronic cocaine on brain DA could lead to addiction through its effects on these regulated brain regions. Alternatively, abnormalities in these brain regions prior to drug exposure could be associated with a higher vulnerability for drug addiction; activity of other … View This Document

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Ical messengers that send information to the brain). In the early “honeymoon” stage of cocaine use there are a lot of positive feelings and few negative effects. all of the brain’s neurotransmitters are gone. Washton, A.M. 1989. Cocaine Addiction. … View Doc

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