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BCM Neuroscience in the News
Neuroscience Department Researchers discover intrinsic brain dopamine signal facilitation of addiction and its influence on drug-taking associated memories.
Two faculty members in the Department of Neuroscience - Professor John Dani and Instructor, Jianrong Tang published their novel and important new findings in the journal Neuron, today, September 11, 2009. This work contributes a major new insight into understanding how the brain's memory system is co-opted by drugs, such as nicotine, creating a biologically powerful mechanism for enhancing the importance of events associated with drug taking. According to Dr. Michael Friedlander, Chair of the Department of Neuroscience, "This work is characteristic of Dr. Dani and his colleagues in that they consistently contribute to a fundamental understanding of the addiction process. This research provides comprehensive and deep understanding of first principles related to the neural circuitry and processes that make addiction such a difficult personal and public health issue. Their work is expanding the landscape for the development of rational targeted therapeutic interventions based on this enhanced mechanistic understanding of addiction."
John A. Dani , Ph.D. |
Jianrong Tang, Ph.D. |
Baylor College of Medicine News Release
http://www.bcm.edu/news/packages/nicotine.cfm
HealthDay
Nicotine Plays Tricks on Brain: Study
(This article appeared in approximately 115 additional media outlets including ABC News online)
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/09/09/nicotine-plays-tricks-on-brain-study.html
Telegraph.co.uk
Smoking can help create stronger memories
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6163351/Smoking-can-help-create-stronger-memories.html
ANI
How addictive drugs influence learning
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/How-addictive-drugs-influence-learning/articleshow/4994064.cms
Ivanhoe
Why Quitting Smoking is So Hard!
http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=22376
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