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Discovery Could Eventually Lead To Drugs That Disrupt The Interaction Between Alcohol And The Brain

Monday, April 29, 2013

Thanks to a rare bacteria that grows only on rocks in the Swiss Alps, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the Pasteur Institute in France have been the first to identify how alcohol might affect key brain proteins. It’s a major step on the road to eventually developing drugs that could disrupt the interaction between alcohol and the brain…

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An Intervention Targeting Service Providers and Clients for Methadone Maintenance Treatment in China: A Cluster-randomized Trial

Friday, July 13, 2012

Aims This study examines the preliminary outcomes of an intervention targeting service providers in methadone maintenance therapy clinics in China. The intervention effects on both service providers and clients are reported. Design The MMT CARE intervention pilot was developed and implemented collaboratively with local health educators

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Drug Interactions between Common Illicit Drugs and Prescription Therapies.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Conclusion: Although the use of illicit drugs is widespread, there are little experimental or clinical data regarding the effects of these agents on common prescription therapies.

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Housewife or working mum – each to her own? The relevance of societal factors in the association between social roles and alcohol use among mothers…

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Abstract Aims:  To investigate whether differences in gender-income equity at country level explain national differences in the links between alcohol use, and the combination of motherhood and paid labour.

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Methamphetamine Users Show Greater than Normal Age-Related Cortical Grey Matter Loss

Friday, March 25, 2011

Abstract Background.  Methamphetamine (METH) abuse continues to be a major illicit drug of abuse. Neuroimaging findings suggest that METH is neurotoxic and may alter various brain structures, but the effect of METH on the aging brain has not been studied.

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Drugs and addiction: An introduction to epigenetics

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Abstract Addiction is a debilitating psychiatric disorder with a complex aetiology involving the interaction of inherited predispositions and environmental factors. Emerging evidence suggests that epigenetic alterations to the genome, including DNA methylation and histone modifications, are important mechanisms underlying addiction and the neurobiological response to addictive substances. In this review, we introduce the reader to epigenetic mechanisms and describe a potential role for dynamic epigenetic changes in mediating addictive behaviours via long-lasting changes in gene expression.

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