News tagged with dopamine signaling
Protein on 'speed' linked to ADHD
Jul 08, 2008 |
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A genetic change in the dopamine transporter – one of the brain's dopamine-handling proteins – makes it behave as if amphetamine is present and "run backward," Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators report this ...
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New findings show additional similarity between opiate and nicotine addiction
Feb 13, 2008 |
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"That was good!" "Do it again." This is what the brain says when people use tobacco, as well as ‘hard drugs’ such as heroin. New research published in the February 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience indicates that t ...
Reward-stress link points to new targets for treating addiction
Dec 16, 2008 |
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Rewarding and stressful signals don't seem to have much in common. But researchers studying diseases ranging from drug addiction to anxiety disorders are finding that the brain's reward and stress signaling circuits are intertwined ...
Could hormones explain gender differences in neurological disease?
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Neurological diseases including Parkinson's, Tourette's, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Alzheimer's, and schizophrenia are all associated with alterations in dopamine-driven function involving the dopamine ...
Meth addiction mechanism discovered
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Researchers have identified, for the first time, long-term changes in the brain circuitry of methamphetamine-addicted mice that can explain why the craving of addiction is so stubborn and long-lived. The research could lead ...
Glutamate can play key role in drug impact on brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Addiction disorders of various kinds are a major health and social problem, and our knowledge of how the brain’s reward system functions needs to be enhanced. Uppsala researchers now shows an unexpected effect ...
Obesity predisposition traced to the brain's reward system
Jul 29, 2008 |
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The tendency toward obesity is directly related to the brain system that is involved in food reward and addictive behaviors, according to a new study. Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) and colleagues ...
Researchers find new way to fight cocaine addiction
Apr 01, 2009 |
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UC Irvine pharmacological researchers have discovered that blocking a hormone related to hunger regulation can limit cocaine cravings. Their findings could herald a new approach to overcoming addiction.
Researchers Discover How Lithium Works
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Despite more than 30 years of widespread use of lithium to control psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disorder, scientists have been uncertain about how this drug actually works on a molecular level.
What causes motor complications of Parkinson's treatment?
Jan 29, 2009 |
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People with Parkinson's disease commonly suffer a slowing or freezing of movement caused by the death of neurons that make dopamine, a key chemical that allows brain cells to send and receive messages essential ...
For treating advanced Parkinson's, new research points to serotonin
Feb 04, 2008 |
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For most people with Parkinson’s disease, the only relief from the tremors, rigidity and impaired movement associated with the progressive loss of their motor skills is a drug called L-DOPA. But as the disease progresses, ...
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