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Información sobre la cocaína

Foto de la cocaína en varias formas.

La cocaína es una droga derivada de la planta de la coca y generalmente tiene la apariencia de un polvo blanco. El polvo de la cocaína se inhala a menudo por la nariz o se puede disolver en agua e inyectarse en las venas. Algunos términos comunes para describirla en español son "talco", "nieve" y "coca". En inglés a menudo se conoce como "coke", "snow", "blow", "lady" y "flake".

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First NIDA Avant-Garde Awards for Medications Development Research

A potential immunotherapy, a new gene therapy, an enzyme inhibitor, and a compound originally isolated from a Chinese herb are among the latest approaches scientists are proposing to treat addiction.

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NIH-Supported Finding on Cocaine Addiction: Tiny Molecule, Big Promise

A specific and remarkably small fragment of RNA appears to protect rats against cocaine addiction - and may also protect humans, according to a recent study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health.

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Cocaine

Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America. It produces short-term euphoria, energy, and talkativeness in addition to potentially dangerous physical effects like raising heart rate and blood pressure.

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La cocaína

La cocaína es una droga estimulante y altamente adictiva que se manufactura a partir de las hojas de la planta de coca, originaria de América del Sur. Produce un estado eufórico de corta duración, energía y locuacidad, además de efectos físicos potencialmente peligrosos como aumento de la frecuencia cardiaca y de la presión arterial.

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NIDA Researchers Discover A New Mechanism Underlying Cocaine Addiction

Researchers have identified a key epigenetic mechanism in the brain that helps explain cocaine's addictiveness, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Drug Abuse at Highest Level in Nearly a Decade

Reports on 2009 data indicating a rise in drug abuse in the United States and the factors that may have contributed to this increase.

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Deep Brain Stimulation Reduces Rats' Cocaine Seeking

Describes results from an animal study involving deep brain stimulation that holds promise as a therapy for severe cocaine addiction.

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Incentives Promote Abstinence

NIDA Director Nora Volkow

Explores research findings on the value of motivational incentives to promote and reinforce abstinence from substances of abuse and encourage healthy behaviors.

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Dr. Paul Kenny Receives the 2010 Waletzky Memorial Award

Announces the recipient of a 2010 award for innovation in research on drug addiction and alcoholism and describes his work on increasing our understanding of the molecular foundation of addiction.

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