New Brain Mechanism Identified in Impulsive Cocaine-Seeking in Animal Model - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

While the immediate results of this study from the National Institutes of Health are related to cocaine seeking, there are also greater implications for impulsivity as it relates to other drugs as well as to psychiatric conditions like obsessive-compulsive di…

Scientists at the NIH have discovered that blocking certain acetylcholine receptors in the lateral habenula (LHb), an area of the brain that balances reward and aversion, made it harder to resist see… [+5811 chars]

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