Sentences with phrase «cocaine addiction in»

A working mother (Vera Farmiga) struggles to keep her family intact despite her cocaine addiction in Debra Granik's film, which won the Sundance Film Festival's 2004 best director award.

Yavin Shaham, a neurobiologist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, Md., said in a press statement that the new work is an example of «basic research that can be readily translated to the treatment of cocaine addiction in humans.»

The hope is that doctors will one day be able to give humans some version of the chemical and stop cocaine addiction in its tracks.

«Molecular roots of cocaine addiction in brain uncovered: Promising new anti-addiction drug revealed.»

Not exact matches

His tenure at Bear ended infamously when it was revealed that he had developed a nasty cocaine and alcohol addiction at some point in his career.

He previously struggled with alcohol and cocaine addiction but according to Rolling Stone, in «1981 he became a born - again Christian and in 1982 he married Kimberly Woollen, a Radio City Music Hall Rockette, who helped Campbell clean up his life».

In 1988, however, the U.S. Surgeon General confirmed that nicotine causes a physical addiction similar to and as powerful as those caused by cocaine or heroin.

It should be noted, however, that while methadone is effective in dealing with heroin addiction, it does not work with cocaine or crack.

I quit my heroin and cocaine addiction without believing in a higher power.

Those who believe that a four - game suspension for a second offense is a sufficient deterrent are as deluded and naive as Taylor, who wrote in his 1987 book, LT: Living on the Edge, that he had cured his addiction to cocaine by playing a lot of golf.

The Harrison Act did not recognize addiction as a treatable condition and therefore the therapeutic use of cocaine, heroin or morphine to such individuals was outlawed — leading the Journal of American Medicine to remark,» [the addict] is denied the medical care he urgently needs, open, above - board sources from which he formerly obtained his drug supply are closed to him, and he is driven to the underworld where he can get his drug, but of course, surreptitiously and in violation of the law.»

The Liberal democrats are to call for the decriminalisation of all drugs, including heroin and cocaine, to be considered urgently by the Coalition Government in an effort to cut levels of addiction.

Perhaps most exciting for addiction research is that these processes may be similar in the transition to cocaine, alcohol and opioid addictions.

In recent years, she has raised eyebrows for proposing that the same neural mechanisms behind cocaine and alcohol addiction also underlie eating disorders that lead to obesity.

But recently, scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have identified significant mitochondrial changes that take place in cocaine addiction, and they have been able to block them.

With the results of the current study in hand, Snyder has brokered a deal between that company and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for NIDA to test CGP3466B as a treatment for cocaine addiction.

«Key link between mitochondria, cocaine addiction discovered: Scientists block response in mitochondria to cocaine.»

Although many are aware that elevations of the brain chemical dopamine play a critical role in cocaine's ability to produce a «high» — feelings that trigger the spiral into addiction — the actions of cocaine are far more complex.

They found that when fewer neurons were born in the irradiated hippocampus, rats were more vulnerable to develop cocaine addiction and were more likely to relapse.

The experimental therapy, which involves administering a drug currently used in cancer therapy trials, treats cocaine addiction by inhibiting memories responsible for cravings.

But so far no drug has proven effective in treating any aspect of cocaine addiction.

Most people in talk therapy for cocaine addiction, for example, are still using.

So the natural extension of this paper's line of inquiry is how the positive and negative systems associated with cocaine use change when animals are exposed to multiple doses in any given day (i.e. addiction).

Jones added that hope is on the horizon through preclinical trials that are testing several amphetamine - like drugs for effectiveness in treating cocaine addiction.

In fact, both twins might try cocaine experimentally, but only the more vulnerable one would begin to show changes in the brain and behavior that would enter that twin into a downward spiral, toward a severe addictioIn fact, both twins might try cocaine experimentally, but only the more vulnerable one would begin to show changes in the brain and behavior that would enter that twin into a downward spiral, toward a severe addictioin the brain and behavior that would enter that twin into a downward spiral, toward a severe addiction.

These data indicate that cellular metabolic communication plays a critical role in addiction - related behaviors, which may have implications for new strategies to prevent cocaine addiction.

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered a previously unknown neural pathway that can regulate changes made in the brain due to cocaine use, providing new insight into the molecular basis of cocaine addiction.

It is possible, even likely, that addiction networks for cocaine and for food operate in different parts of the brain yet use similar mechanisms.

We report that in the rat, prior alcohol consumption results in enhanced addiction - like behavior to cocaine, including continued cocaine use despite aversive consequences.

Rat study finds genetic markers that influence addiction: Differences in vulnerability to cocaine addiction, relapse linked to both inherited traits, epigenetics.»

The two breeds allow scientists to study the impact of drug use and addiction on gene expression and epigenetics in the nucleus accumbens — the brain's «pleasure center,» where response to drugs like cocaine occurs.

About half met criteria for cocaine addiction: They had used cocaine for an average of 10 years and had the drug in their systems on the day of the scan, according to urine tests.

Perhaps that's not surprising given that the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy reports that more than 2 million Americans used cocaine in 2007, which has been linked to ill effects ranging from debilitating addiction to heart attacks.

Dr. Parsons has provided similar insights into the mechanisms through which endocannabinoids modulate the rewarding effects of opiates, alcohol, and cocaine, and he is presently extending his evaluations of this stage of the addiction cycle to include animal models of commonly occurring genetic polymorphisms that are associated with problematic drug use and dependence in humans.

Consistent with its important role in brain function, the team found that cocaine utilizes FMRP to facilitate brain changes involved in addiction - related behaviors.

The George lab has made seminal contributions to the field including: discovering a novel population of neurons in the brain of humans, rats and mice that are involved in nicotine dependence, identifying neuronal ensembles responsible for nicotine and alcohol addiction, and unveiled the cellular and molecular changes associates with long term use of nicotine, cocaine, methamphetamine and alcohol use on the brain.

Within this context, there are two primary lines of research in the lab, sex differences in addiction and the role of kappa - opioid receptors in cocaine withdrawal.

This research project aims to establish the feasibility, safety, and potential efficacy of NAc DBS in 8 patients with a chronic, treatment refractory heroin and / or cocaine addiction.

Another study showed promising results on the benefits of marijuana in curbing relapse symptoms of alcohol and cocaine addiction.

Jones added that hope is on the horizon through preclinical trials that are testing several drugs for effectiveness in treating cocaine addiction.

May 3, 2011 Nicotine and cocaine leave similar mark on brain after first contact The effects of nicotine upon brain regions involved in addiction mirror those of cocaine, according to new neuroscience research.

A new study revealed that addiction to social media sites affects the brain in a similar way that cocaine does.

Michael Nader, PhD, investigates drug addiction in self - administering nonhuman primates, focusing on cocaine abuse.

Node Smith, ND A very interesting study on an off - label use of a common diabetes medication for the treatment of cocaine addiction was recently published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.1 The research is specifically addressing the tendency for cocaine addicts to relapse on the drug.

Alcohol, pharmaceutical drugs such as pain killers, tobacco, marijuana, methamphetamines, heroin, and cocaine may all be overused in a compulsive manner and lead to addiction.

And so I have felt that addiction in every part of my body and brain, akin to or more addictive than cocaine addiction.

The use of these agonists in the treatment of cocaine addiction has also shown promising results4.

Academy Award and Emmy nominee Clive Owen stars as Doctor John Thackery, a brilliant surgeon pioneering new methods in the field, despite his secret addiction to cocaine.

Straight Outta Compton Film Review by Kam Williams Gritty Raptrospective Chronicles Rise and Demise of Legendary Gangsta» Group Back in the Eighties, the CIA began orchestrating the introduction of crack - cocaine to African - American communities all across America, starting with the South Central L.A.. By the middle of the decade, the epidemic had turned Compton into a godforsaken wasteland rife with drug addiction and crime.

«American Made»: Former TWA pilot Barry Seal transported lots of cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the early»80s, which was a great thing for what would become the Medellin Cartel and, for a time, Barry Seal, but clearly not for those lost to addiction and the violence that surrounds the drug trade.