Highly specific synaptic plasticity in addiction
Cues trigger enzyme activity outside specific cell typesCredit: Elsevier Philadelphia, January 26, 2021 - Addiction, or substance use disorder (SUD), ...
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Principles of care established for young adults with substance use disorders
Supplement published in Pediatrics highlights evidence on how best to address this unique age groupCredit: BMC Boston - A national ...
Marijuana use typically drops at the beginning of the year, then climbs in summer and fall
Seasonal variation may be explained by new year's resolutionsCredit: Image by Louliana Voelker for NYU; icons by Guilherme Furtado and ...
More than half of people using cannabis for pain experience multiple withdrawal symptoms
Minority experience worsening of symptoms over time, especially younger peopleCredit: University of Michigan More than half of people who use ...
The link between opioid medication and pancreatic cancer
First study showing opioid use may be a risk factor contributing to the increasing incidence of pancreatic cancerCredit: Rush Production ...
Pandemic has severely disrupted sleep, increasing stress and medication use
COVID-19 has affected sleep for half of surveyed, with potential long-term mental health and insomnia impact worriesCredit: University of Ottawa ...
Sights set on curbing gun crime
Sub-culture and supply fuel drug-related violence: studyCredit: Flinders University A community or sub-culture encouraging young men's exposure and obsession with ...
Survey to characterize marijuana use among cancer patients
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers study how, why and how often patients use marijuana to relieve cancer symptomsCredit: MUSC Hollings ...
Can memory manipulation help treat alcohol addiction?
Credit: Photo courtesy of Christine Cincotta and The Ramirez Lab In the United States alone, over 14 million adults suffer ...
Dopamine surge reveals how even for mice, ‘there’s no place like home’
Study demonstrates how 'coming home' produces a signal of comfort in miceCredit: Florida Atlantic University By monitoring a well-replicated biomarker ...
Motivation to seek cocaine is driven by elegant cellular communication
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and the National Institutes of Health uncover how drug cues change the ...
Real-time opioid overdose tracking system helps show rise after COVID-19’s arrival
Suspected overdose deaths and naloxone rescue attempts by EMS up sharply in Michigan compared with 2019; first responders and public ...
UH Connor Integrative Health Network to study acupuncture in the ED with $2+ million grant
Study could lead to reduced utilization of opioids for painCredit: University Hospitals Jeffery Dusek, PhD, Director of Research at University ...
University of Cincinnati researcher examines genetic role in addiction
Study is among the first to examine methods of preventing opioid use disorderCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand In one ...