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Neuroscience
Research from R.Z. Goldstein et al has provided new information about neuroscience
July 14th, 2009
"When exposed to drug conditioned cues (stimuli associated with the drug), addicted individuals experience an intense desire for the drug, which is associated with increased dopamine cell firing. We hypothesized that drug-related words can trigger activation in the mesencephalon, where dopaminergic cells are located," researchers in the United States report. "During functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 15 individuals with cocaine use disorders and 15 demographically matched healthy control subjects pressed buttons for color of drug-related versus neutral words. the drug words, but not neutral words, activated the mesencephalon in the cocaine users only....
Source: Medical Imaging Law Weekly (2009-07-14)
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