This study showed that rats will forgo heroin and methamphetamine in favor of spending time with another rat. It also highlights the importance of incorporating voluntary choice between drugs and social rewards in drug addiction research.
Los investigadores patrocinados por el NIDA mostraron que, en los monos, la metanfetamina altera las estructuras cerebrales involucradas en la toma de decisiones y afecta negativamente la capacidad de eliminar los comportamientos habituales que se han vuelto inútiles o contraproducentes.
When lobeline turned out not to be the answer, it became a starting point. Dr. Linda Dwoskin and her team set out to transform the molecule into something more effective and with fewer side effects.
This is the first in a series of NIDA Notes articles that will follow a team of researchers seeking a medication for methamphetamine addiction. This installment describes the early promise of the compound lobeline and the new directions the team discovered in studying it.
