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Rare Glutamate Receptor Proliferates After Cocaine Withdrawal

December 2009
Reports findings that a rare neuroreceptor may be linked to the intensive cravings cocaine abusers experience during their first weeks of abstinence.

Recovery Checkup System Helps Substance Abusers Who Have Mental Disorders

December 2009
Reports on a posttreatment intervention to support recovery that may be especially beneficial for substance abusers with co-occurring mental disorders.

Study Gives Green Light to Antiretroviral Medications for HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users

December 2009
Reports finding from a study showing that access to antiretroviral therapies, HAART in particular, can improve the health of HIV-infected patients who have a history of injection drug use.

Naltrexone via Skin Patch Proves Effectiveness of New Technology

November 2009
Reports on a new device that creates tiny painless punctures in the skin to allow medication to flow evenly from a skin patch into dermal capillaries and the bloodstream.

Antibody Fragment Removes Methamphetamine From the Brain

November 2009
Reports animal study findings on development of an antibody fragment that rapidly removes methamphetamine from the brain and discusses implications for treatment of overdose.

Smokers Who Quit May Have Genetic Advantage

November 2009
Describes research providing evidence that genes may influence how successful a person is in quitting smoking and which cessation technique may work best for them.

Computer-Based Interventions Promote Drug Abstinence

November 2009
Discusses the work of researchers who have begun to harness the potential of computers to reinforce and expand upon the well-established benefits of recovery therapy delivered by a counselor.

Extended Cocaine Exposure Impairs Cognitive Function in Rats

November 2009
Reports an animal study presenting evidence that cocaine causes cognitive deficits that can persist well into abstinence.

Receptor Complexes Link Dopamine to Long-Term Neuronal Effects

October 2009
Reports on a discovery of previously unrecognized dopamine receptors in the brain that when triggered by drug abuse lead to potentially long-term neuronal effects.

Intervention for Disruptive Children Shows Long-Term Benefits

October 2009
Reports on research providing evidence that teaching aggressive youngsters social coping skills reduces their chances of becoming substance abusers.

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Rare Glutamate Receptor Proliferates After Cocaine Withdrawal

Recovery Checkup System Helps Substance Abusers Who Have Mental Disorders

Study Gives Green Light to Antiretroviral Medications for HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users

Naltrexone via Skin Patch Proves Effectiveness of New Technology

Antibody Fragment Removes Methamphetamine From the Brain

Smokers Who Quit May Have Genetic Advantage

Computer-Based Interventions Promote Drug Abstinence

Extended Cocaine Exposure Impairs Cognitive Function in Rats

Receptor Complexes Link Dopamine to Long-Term Neuronal Effects

Intervention for Disruptive Children Shows Long-Term Benefits

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