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Keep up to date on research advances in the prevention and treatment of drug abuse and AIDS with NIDA’s newsletter NIDA Notes.
Featured Articles
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Reports on the relative influence of genes versus environment on adolescents’ choices that involve delayed gratification.
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Researchers correlate stimulant abusers’ improved performance on a memory training exerc ise with reductions in delay discounting.
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Individuals with weak signaling in a nicotine-sensitive brain circuit were more vulnerable to nicotine dependence than those with stronger signaling, according to a study conducted while the subjects’ brains were in a resting state. A second resting-state study finds that the same circuit appears to mediate dependence associated with a genetic risk factor for smoking.
Director's Perspective
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Understanding and responding to drug abuse among America’s aging population becomes more urgent as a growing percentage of baby boomers enter the over-50 age bracket.
Graphic Evidence
Updates
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New results extend previous findings that some methamphetamine-induced neuronal damage resolves after a year of abstinence.
