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Cocaine Rots Your Brain: Seriously, Heavy Users Lose More Gray Matter
Brains in those addicted to cocaine age roughly twice as fast as normal brains.
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Specific protein triggers changes in neurons in brain reward center linked to cocaine addiction
New research reveals that repeated exposure to cocaine decreases the activity of a protein necessary for normal functioning of the brain's reward system, thus enhancing the reward for cocaine use, which leads to addiction. Investiga... Read Post
Gray matter in brain's control center linked to ability to process reward; Structure-function impairments observed in people addicted to cocaine
The more gray matter you have in the decision-making, thought-processing part of your brain, the better your ability to evaluate rewards and consequences. A new study is the first to show this link between structure and function in ... Read Post
Cocaine Eats Your Brain
"Cocaine may speed up the aging of the brain, according to new research that finds that people who are addicted to the drug lose twice the brain volume each year as non-drug users." --- See more posts by Alex Balk 0 comments Read Post