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Executive dysfunction in cocaine addiction

Cocaine users show an over-reliance on left cerebellum, a compensatory pattern
previously seen in alcohol addiction.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15590917
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What Causes Addiction?
by Mercedes Muunoz

Overview of addiction and its likely causes. Written for junior high students
(young adults)
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0737727551/top100
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T O P A R T I C L E S______________________________________

Executive dysfunction in cocaine addiction
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15590917

Non-medical use of prescription stimulants among US college students
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15598197

Sensation seeking and adolescent drug use
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15590343

Electronic gaming machines
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15598190

A role for dopamine in the processing of drug cues in heroin dependent patients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15589390

Impairment on a simulated gambling task in long-term abstinent alcoholics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15597080

Dopamine and alcoholism
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15588749

Political science, public policy, and drug use prevention.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15587952

Conduct disorder and alcohol dependence symptoms at 14.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15597087

Substance abuse training among mental health professionals.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15586850

Autonomic arousal of frequent, infrequent and non-gamblers while playing
machines.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15598192

Amphetamine decreases the expression and acquisition of appetitive conditioning
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15582918
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