"Cocaine exposure" refers to a situation where a person or living organism comes into contact with or is affected by cocaine, which is a highly addictive and illegal stimulant drug. Full definition
Next, the researchers gave the flies a single dose of cocaine then monitored the activity of tyrosine decarboxylase (TDC), an enzyme that normally shows a spike in activity after cocaine exposure. (sciencemag.org)
Their current findings reveal that FMRP plays a critical role in the changes in brain connections that occur following repeated cocaine exposure. (mcleanhospital.org)
We included only biologically related dyads because we were interested in the phenomenon of prenatal cocaine exposure as related to both the infant exposed to the drug and the mother who had used cocaine during pregnancy. (academic.oup.com)