Researchers uncover step in brain events leading up to addiction
Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 12:42
in Biology & Nature
A regulatory protein best known for its role in a rare genetic brain disorder also may play a critical role in cocaine addiction, according to a recent study in rats, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health. The study was published today in the journal Nature Neuroscience.